The Morgentaler Judgment: Constitutional Rights, Legislative Intention, and Institutional Design

1992 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Eisenstat Weinrib
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Design ◽  
Constitutional Rights

scholarly journals Friend or Foe?: Bernard Williams and Political Constitutionalism

Res Publica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cormac S Mac Amhlaigh
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Design ◽  
Constitutional Theory ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Bernard Williams ◽  
Political Disagreement ◽  
Competing Models

Abstract This article looks at Bernard Williams’s relevance to particular debates in constitutional theory about the legitimacy of two competing models of institutional design: political constitutionalism which endorses giving the final say on the meaning of constitutional rights to legislatures; and legal constitutionalism which endorses giving the final say on the meaning of rights to courts. Recent defences of political constitutionalism have made claims about the realism of their accounts when compared with legal constitutionalism and have co-opted Bernard Williams’s realism to support their case. This article examines these claims, concluding that these accounts of political constitutionalism rely on a distinctly non-Williamsian form of political moralism in that they assume a legitimacy for political constitutionalism which is prior to politics and political disagreement. It offers an alternative defence of political constitutionalism, a partial defence, which, it argues, is closer to the realism of Bernard Williams than these accounts.

From meditation to action – a research agenda for studying informal global rule-making: remarks on ‘Cosmopolitanism, publicity, and the emergence of a “global administrative law”’

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Oliver Westerwinter
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
Institutional Architecture ◽  
Global Law ◽  
Rule Making ◽  
Law Making

Abstract Friedrich Kratochwil engages critically with the emergence of a global administrative law and its consequences for the democratic legitimacy of global governance. While he makes important contributions to our understanding of global governance, he does not sufficiently discuss the differences in the institutional design of new forms of global law-making and their consequences for the effectiveness and legitimacy of global governance. I elaborate on these limitations and outline a comparative research agenda on the emergence, design, and effectiveness of the diverse arrangements that constitute the complex institutional architecture of contemporary global governance.

From Market Studies to Society Analysis

2005 ◽  
pp. 63-81
Author(s):  
Ya. Kouzminov ◽  
K. Bendoukidze ◽  
M. Yudkevich
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
The Real ◽  
Economic Agents

The article examines the main concepts of modern institutional theory and the ways its tools and concepts could be applied in the real policy-making. In particular, the authors focus on behavioral assumptions of the theory that allow them to explain the imperfection of economic agents’ behavior as a reason for rules and institutions to emerge. Problems of institutional design are also discussed.

Ownership and Eviction: Constitutional Rights in Private Law

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-64
Author(s):  
A J van der Walt
Keyword(s):  
Private Law ◽  
Constitutional Rights

MEMPERTEGAS KEDUDUKAN HUKUM KESATUAN MASYARAKAT HUKUM ADAT DALAM MEMENUHI HAK- HAK KONSTITUSIONAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Aullia Vivi Yulianingrum
Keyword(s):  
Constitutional Rights

Keberadaan dan hak-hak masyarakat hukum adat telah diterima dalam kerangka hukum tidak tertulis maupun hokum positif di Indonesia. Pada kenyataannya issue yang berkembang tentang kehadiran dan hak- hak masyrakat hukum adat adalah terbatasnya ruang dan gerak bagi komunitas-komunitas adat dalam mewujudkan demokratisasi pengelolaan wilayah adanya secara berkelanjutan, Konflik tenurial, keterbatasan dan kondisi kekayaan alam yang meliputi tanah dan kekayaan alam yang terkandung di dalamnya tidak asimetris dengan pertambahan penduduk. Sehingga perlu adanya  penegasan kembali bahwa adanya korelasi antara Kesatuan Masyarakat Adat dengan Pemerintah terkait pemenuhan  hak Konstitusionalnya yang terkandung dalam pasal Pasal 18B ayat (2), Pasal 28I ayat (3) dan Pasal 32 ayat (1) dan ayat (2) UUD NRI 1945  dimana aturan ini merupakan semangat otonomi yang diberikan seluas-luasnya kepada daerah. Ketentuan tersebut yang paling sering dirujuk ketika membicarakan mengenai keberadaan dan hak-hak masyarakat hukum adat. Kehadiran Mahkamah Konstitusi sebagai The Protector of the citizen’s and Constitutional Rights and guardian of constitution juga memberikan secercah harapan bagi para pencari keadilan khususnya yang berkaitan dengan perlindungan terhadap hak masyarakat hukum adat

Involuntary Circumcision of Males in Illegal Initiation Schools in South Africa: A Violation of African Customary Human Rights?

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Porsche Makama
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Topical Issue ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Traditional Practice

The incidence of deaths associated with the practice of forced and botched circumcisions at initiation schools has become a topical issue in South Africa. In recent times, the number of deaths and injuries among initiates has risen at an alarming rate, most of them occurring at illegal initiation schools. The continuous rise in the number of injuries among initiates at these schools has elicited mixed reactions among community members, some referring to it as genocide in the case of fatalities and calling for its abandonment, while others argue that this traditional practice should be allowed to continue. The majority of young men who go to initiation schools do not make the decision on their own, nor do they have a choice in the matter. Instead they are compelled by parents or guardians, influenced by friends, and also coerced by others in the community who insist that they have to ‘go to the mountain’, as initiation schools are generally referred to in South Africa. It has been argued by those against circumcision that this practice infringes constitutional rights and contravenes the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. There have been numerous instances where young and even mature males have been taken from the streets, or even from the comfort of their homes, and forced into circumcision camps with or without their consent. This begs the question whether the continued practice of a cultural tradition that violates the fundamental human right and freedom to choose religious and cultural beliefs is justifiable.

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