The Constitutional Experiment in Iceland

In the chapter, we will first discuss the historical background of the 1944 Icelandic Consti-tution that is still in vigour. In a second step, the grassroots constitution-making process that emerged in 2009, and the reactions it provoked, are analyzed, while in a third step, we assess recent politic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bergsson BT, Blokker P
Other Authors: Bos E,Pocza K
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Nomos 2014
Subjects:
Iceland
Constitutional Reform
Civic Participation
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11585/673970
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Summary:In the chapter, we will first discuss the historical background of the 1944 Icelandic Consti-tution that is still in vigour. In a second step, the grassroots constitution-making process that emerged in 2009, and the reactions it provoked, are analyzed, while in a third step, we assess recent political events that conditioned the status of the constitution-making project – now largely stalled in Icelandic parliament - in the first half of 2013.

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