By Violaine Delteil, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Sorbonne Nouvelle University and Lauréline Fontaine, Professor of Constitutional Law, Sorbonne Nouvelle University French version here First published in 1913, An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States[1] almost immediately became a classic among American historians and politicians. The work of Charles A. Beard was to …
Lire la suite... About the Economic Imprint of the American Constitution, cross-reading of Charles Beardconstitutional law
The original strategisation of constitutional writing (and re-writing) By Lauréline Fontaine Professor in Constitutional Law – www.ledroitdelafontaine.fr This text will appear in the book directed by Emeric Nicolas and Jacqueline Guittard, “Les narrations de la norme”, ed. Mare et Martin, 2020, following the colloquium they organised on 19 and 20 November 2019 at the University …
Lire la suite... The original strategisation of constitutional writing (and re-writing)The (un)reason of contemporary constitutional law. Elements for a balance sheet by Lauréline FONTAINE Professor of Constitutional Law – Université de la Sorbonne nouvelle Author of the website www.ledroitdelafontaine.fr Foreword (April 2020) This text was completed on January 30, 2019. It is part of the book Mélanges en l’honneur du professeur Dominique Rousseau. Constitution. Justice. …
Lire la suite... The (Un)reason of Contemporary Constitutional Law.The Constitutional Imaginary versus the Fiction of Constitutional Law Translated from the French by John Angell The French version of this essay will appear in Jurisprudence, Revue Critique, 2016, vol. 2. and is on line The idea that constitutions bring what they say into existenceis widely accepted. The act of enunciation makes fictional entities become …
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