How do constitutions conceive of duties in addition to rights? How do constitutional provisions manufacture national identity through symbolism? What is the role of the courts in a dominant political party system in shaping the constitution? This panel brings together a range of theoretical, empirical, and comparative perspectives to challenge and explore concepts of constitutionalism...
Tag: <span>Samuel Issacharoff</span>
“Populism versus Democratic Governance“
This paper shifts the focus to the engagement between populism and democratic governance as an institutional account of how democracies function. Post-2008 anti-elitism as a social commitment translated to a robust anti-institutionalism in terms of state authority. The aim is not so much to provide definitions of either populism or democracy as to call attention...
Courts and the Populist Moment
In the post-1989 wave of new democracies, courts served as important stopgaps as the complex institutional arrangements of modern democratic governance sought to take hold. Over the past few years, insurgent populist groups have used the structures of democratic election to unwind the liberal underpinnings of post-1989 democracies. While courts remain a critical arena for...