The Oxford handbook of Caribbean constitutions / edited by Richard Albert, Derek O'Brien, and Se-shauna Wheatle.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Description
1 online resource (752 pages).

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Editor
Series
Oxford handbooks online. [More in this series]
Summary note
'The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions' offers a detailed and analytical view of the constitutions of the Caribbean region, examining the constitutional development of its diverse countries. The handbook explains the features of the region's constitutions and examines themes emerging from the Caribbean's experience with constitutional interpretation and reform.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Target audience
Specialized.
Source of description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 31, 2020).
Contents
  • Introduction: Bringing Caribbean Constitutionalisms to the World / Richard Albert
  • Suriname's Constitutional Limits / Ruben Gowricharn
  • The Constitutional Framework of the French Caribbean / David Marrani, Sacha Sydoryk
  • The Normative Framework of the Cuban Constitution and the Problems it Poses / Julio Câesar Guanche, Julio Antonio Fernâandez Estrada, Bradley Hayes
  • Haiti's Constitution of 1987: How Does it Fare Today as the Foundation for the Rule of Law? / Louis Aucoin
  • The Constitutions of the Dominican Republic: Between Aspirations and Realities / Leiv Marsteintredet
  • The Constitution of Puerto Rico / Joel I. Colâon-Râios
  • Caribbean Constitutions and the Death Penalty / Margaret A. Burnham
  • Social and Economic Rights in the Caribbean / Westmin R. A. James
  • Rights and National Security / Yonique Campbell
  • The Appellate Jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice / Stephen Vasciannie
  • Constitutionalism and Colonial Legacies in the Caribbean / Lindsay Stirton, Martin Lodge
  • The Effect of the Original Jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice on Regional Integration and National Law / David S. Berry
  • The Interpretation of Commonwealth Caribbean Constitutions / Derek O'Brien
  • Constitutional Dissonance and the Rule of Law in the Turks and Caicos Islands / Derek O'Brien, Peter Clegg
  • Black Power in the Caribbean / Rupert Lewis
  • The Vestiges of Colonial Constitutionalism / Jane E. Cross
  • Mapping the Future of Caribbean Constitutionalism / Cynthia Barrow-Giles
  • Constitutional Design in the Commonwealth Caribbean / Hamid Ghany
  • Constitutional Principles: Forging Caribbean Constitutionalism / Se-shauna Wheatle
  • Constitutional Unamendability in the Region / Yaniv Roznai
  • The Commonwealth Caribbean and the Westminster Model / Derek O'Brien
  • The Constitutional Law of Guyana: Challenges and Prospects / Jason Haynes
  • The British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and Turks and Caicos Islands / Susan Dickson
  • The Constitutions of the Dutch Caribbean / Irene Broekhuijse, Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Sofia Ranchordâas.
Other title(s)
  • Handbook of Caribbean constitutions
  • Caribbean constitutions
ISBN
  • 9780192511508
  • 0192511505
  • 9780192511492
  • 0192511491
  • 9780191834790
  • 0191834793
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