Abstract: Constitutions are 'designed' when their features are arranged according to a plan rather than 'constructed' or 'patched up'. Designers will choose these features on cognitive assumptions, which can be supported or jeopardised by empirical studies. Amendments may be influenced by the result of such studies. Otherwise, they will somehow be related to the original design of the constitution. This chapter suggests that amendments might have different effects on the design of the constitution. Constitutions may protect parts of their original design against change by either providing for more cumbersome amendment procedures or by excluding them entirely from change.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-06-11
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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