From collapse to constitution: The case of Iceland
Most of the time, crises precede constitutions. Following a brief review of relevant historical background, this article aims to show why Iceland, after its financial collapse in 2008, is now at last on the road to adopting a new constitution to replace the provisional constitution from 1944. The ai...
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ftzbwkiel:oai:econstor.eu:10419/57288 2024-01-14T10:07:52+01:00 From collapse to constitution: The case of Iceland Gylfason, Thorvaldur 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57288 eng eng Munich: Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) Series: CESifo Working Paper No. 3770 gbv-ppn:689491360 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57288 http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen ddc:330 K10 Verfassungsreform Finanzmarktkrise Wirtschaftskrise Island doc-type:workingPaper 2012 ftzbwkiel 2023-12-18T00:48:06Z Most of the time, crises precede constitutions. Following a brief review of relevant historical background, this article aims to show why Iceland, after its financial collapse in 2008, is now at last on the road to adopting a new constitution to replace the provisional constitution from 1944. The aim is also to show how the constitutional bill of 2011 came into being with significant help from the general public. Further, the article outlines some of the key provisions of the bill as well as why and how it differs from the current constitution. The article concludes by offering a brief discussion of some potential obstacles to the adoption of the bill in parliament, the role of the public, and some lessons from, and for, other countries. Report Iceland EconStor (German National Library of Economics, ZBW) |
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Most of the time, crises precede constitutions. Following a brief review of relevant historical background, this article aims to show why Iceland, after its financial collapse in 2008, is now at last on the road to adopting a new constitution to replace the provisional constitution from 1944. The aim is also to show how the constitutional bill of 2011 came into being with significant help from the general public. Further, the article outlines some of the key provisions of the bill as well as why and how it differs from the current constitution. The article concludes by offering a brief discussion of some potential obstacles to the adoption of the bill in parliament, the role of the public, and some lessons from, and for, other countries. |
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