Book contents
- Deciphering the Genome of Constitutionalism
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Deciphering the Genome of Constitutionalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Foundations, Theory, and Concepts
- Part II Comparative Perspectives
- Part III American Constitutionalism and Constitutional Identity
- Part IV Emerging Trends
- 19 Constitution Making and Disharmonic Identity
- 20 Constitutional Identity and Unamendability
- 21 Illiberal Constitutionalism and the Abuse of Constitutional Identity
- 22 Deconstructing Constitutional Identity in Light of the Turn to Populism
- 23 Unconstitutional Constitutional Identities in The European Union
- 24 What Counts as Constitutional Identity?
- 25 Contrariness and Contradiction in Constitutional Law
- 26 Conclusion
- Index
- References
26 - Conclusion
The Past, Present, and Future of Constitutional Identity
from Part IV - Emerging Trends
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2024
Book contents
- Deciphering the Genome of Constitutionalism
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Deciphering the Genome of Constitutionalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Foundations, Theory, and Concepts
- Part II Comparative Perspectives
- Part III American Constitutionalism and Constitutional Identity
- Part IV Emerging Trends
- 19 Constitution Making and Disharmonic Identity
- 20 Constitutional Identity and Unamendability
- 21 Illiberal Constitutionalism and the Abuse of Constitutional Identity
- 22 Deconstructing Constitutional Identity in Light of the Turn to Populism
- 23 Unconstitutional Constitutional Identities in The European Union
- 24 What Counts as Constitutional Identity?
- 25 Contrariness and Contradiction in Constitutional Law
- 26 Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
In this concluding chapter, we identify two potent contributions of the concept of constitutional identity, underscoring and exploring its relationship with the associated ideas of disharmony and difference. We first discuss the relationship between constitutional identity and constitutional development, before turning to lessons that the concept of constitutional identity offers both scholars and practitioners. Against this background, we then identify three promising areas for future scholarly reflection and briefly sketch the first steps of a research agenda oriented towards carrying forward the project limned in this volume. Inspired by the analytic purpose underlying the concept of constitutional identity, our comments in this section are intended to be less prescriptive than interpretive. The scholarly futures we discuss emerge as much from the political world in which constitutional governance must now proceed as from the progress that scholars have made towards understanding the aspirations of that enterprise.
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- Deciphering the Genome of ConstitutionalismThe Foundations and Future of Constitutional Identity, pp. 345 - 356Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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