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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Format: | Book Part |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11585/673970 |
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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