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Constitution-Making and Reform - Options for the Process

This is a comprehensive guide to constitution-making and reform. The book identifies the tasks that need to be carried out, the procedures that can be used, and who can do them. It is intended for a wide audience and to be a guide for anyone who is engaged in a constitution-making process, or who is interested in improving constitution-making practice. It includes a discussion on the following topics: Emerging guiding principles, Impacts of Adherence to Guiding Principles, The Role of a Constitution Issues of Process Key Components and Issues of the Constitution-Making Process Tasks and Responsibilities in Constitution-Making Assessing the Impact of Constitution-Making Who Does What in the Process Starting the Process Public Participation Administering and Managing the Process and its Resources The Agenda of Constitutional Issues and Generating Ideas on the Issues Debating and Deciding the Issues The Constitutional Text: Coherence and Drafting Adopting and Implementing the Constitution Institutions with Multiple Roles Institutions that Develop Proposals about which Final Decisions are Made Elsewhere Administrative Management Bodies Specialist or Technical Input Institutions Referendums and Plebiscites Civil society and the media and Guidance for the International Community.

Author
Michele Brandt, Jill Cottrell, Yash Ghai, and Anthony Regan, Interpeace
Date
Keywords  Process Overview,  Budget,  Civic Education,  Public Consultation,  Public Inputs/Submissions,  Inputs Analysis,  Referendum,  Drafting,  Negotiation,  International Advice/Support,  Constitution-making Body/Bodies,  Decision-making,  Deadlock Breaking Mechanism,  Quorum,  Decorum,  Speaking Rules,  Notice Rules,  Implementation,  Timeline/Timetable,  Principles(Procedural/Process),  Interim Arrangements,  Sequencing,  Organization of Constitution-making Body/Bodies,  Civil Society,  Media,  Record Keeping,  Comprehensive Guide,  Principles (Substantive)
Process
Constitution-making Bodies