Violent Conflicts, Crisis, State of Emergency, Peacebuilding

Constitutional Problems, Amendments and Interpretation

Oesten Baller

• Publisher: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag
• Year: 2019
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9783830541264
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Civil Law
• Index: Law

Constitutional law can appear differently in political crises or national and international conflicts. Lawyers from Africa, Asia, Europe and South America examine in national or comparative perspectives current constitutional legal problems. The scope of the contributions encompasses:°°- the anti-terrorist struggle in Belgium and France°°- constitutional emergencies in France, Austria and Poland°°- constitutional problems of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict°°- constitution-changing majorities in Brazil°°- ill-gotten political party assets in Taiwan°°- violent clashes between herdsmen and indigenous ethnic communities across West Africa °°- constitutional processes in sub-Saharan Africa°°The topics were originally discussed at the 10th World Congress of Constitutional Law (IACL-AIDC), held from 18–22 June 2018 at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, Korea, on Violent Conflicts, Peace-Building, and Constitutional Law.

Table of contents

• Foreword
• Content
• Perennial Conflicts between Farmers, Herdsmen and Communities in West Africa: Perspectives on Clashes of Rights to Livelihoods | Abiodun Odusote
• Constitutional Development and Constitutional Interpretation in Ukraine and Russia in the Light of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict | Oesten Baller
• Les Limites Directes aux Révisions Constitutionnelles en Période de Crise: Modélisation au Sein de l’Union Européenne | Sacha Sydoryk
• Le Parlement Français et la Lutte contre le Terrorisme: une Atténuation du Déséquilibre Institutionnel de la Ve République | Audrey de Montis and Priscilla Jensel-Monge
• ‘Ceci n’est pas un état d’urgence’ Analysis of the Belgian Legal Framework for the Fight against Terrorism | Xavier Miny and Quentin Pironnet
• When 5×4 is not a Winning Majority: Judicial Decision-making on Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments | Rubens Beçak and Jairo Lima
• Act of Ill-gotten Political Party Assets in Taiwan: A Bill of Attainder in the Name of Transitional Justice | David KC Huang
• Les Réponses Infra-Constitutionnelles à une Crise de Nature Constitutionnelle: Cas de la Résolution de la ‘Crise Anglophone’au Cameroun | Paul Zibi
• Which Proportionality Review Should be used for the Use of Lethal Force in Times of Crisis? An Analysis of the European Court of Human Rights’ Judges’ Prerogatives in the Light of the Right to Life. | Anne-Laure Youhnovski Sagon
• Le Droit au Juge sous l’État d’Urgence (France) | Olivier Le Bot
• Extra Lege Legislative Powers for the Executive during Martial Law in Contemporary Polish Constitutional Law | Maciej Pisz
• Resilience of Law in Times of Crisis. The Austrian Perspective with a View to other European Countries | Eva Schulev-Steindl
• Peace through Democracy? The Use of Constitutions in Post-confl ict Situations | Manon Bonnet
• Index of Authors