Limitations on fundamental freedoms in Sri Lanka: majoritarian influence of constitutional practice
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DOI: 10.1017/s1744552323000113
Abstract: Sri Lanka’s Constitution authorises the state to limit certain fundamental freedoms on the grounds of specific public interests. This article examines how this constitutional limitation regime has become vulnerable to majoritarian influence. It uses a… read more here.
Keywords: fundamental freedoms; limitations fundamental; majoritarian influence; constitutional practice ... See more keywords
‘We the heads of state …’: Pitfalls of global constitutional practice
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DOI: 10.1017/s2045381720000301
Abstract: Abstract Constitutions are social and historical artefacts that take part in the government of humans. Based on a comparison of how contemporary ‘global’ and historical ‘local’ constitutional documents establish power relations between ‘humans’ and their… read more here.
Keywords: global constitutionalism; constitutional practice; state pitfalls; global constitutional ... See more keywords