Authoritarian Constitutionalism: Comparative Analysis and Critique

Helena Alviar García
Edwar Elgar

Neoliberalism as a form of Authoritarian Constitutionalism

Helena Alviar García, Günter Frankenberg
Edwar Elgar

The chapter proposes to include in the term ‘authoritarian constitutionalism’ the set of provisions that fix neoliberal orthodoxy as the only policy choice available to public officials. It opposes the justification that economic policy should be protected from political deliberation and argues that ...

Looking beyond the Constitution: The Social and Ecological Function of Property

Helena Alviar García, Rosalind Dixon
Edwar Elgar

This chapter explores the structural difficulties faced by progressive reforms aimed at redistributing rural property through constitutional provisions. In different historical periods, legal scholars and activists have placed their faith in constitutional reforms and adjudication to attack rural ...

Gender structures and constitutional law

Helena Alviar García
Edwar Elgar

Constitutionalism Old, New and Unbound: The Case of Mexico

Francisca Pou Giménez
2018 | Edwar Elgar

Constitutionalism in the Americas unites the work of leading scholars of constitutional law, comparative law and Latin American and U.S. constitutional law to provide a critical and provocative look at the state of constitutional law across the Americas today. The diverse chapters employ a variety ...