The constitutional reform during O'Donnell's "Long Government"

The Impoundment Dilemma: Crisis in Constitutional Government

Multi-level Governance: Constitutional Reform and British Sub-national Government Engagement in Europe

A key feature in the current debate about governance in the European Union (EU) is the proposition that traditional forms of government, based upon distinctive and separate layers or tiers of responsibility at the supra national, national and sub-national levels, are too rigid and fail to take account of the interdependence and overlapping competencies of different spheres. At the subnational l...

Ensuring Constitutional Authority: Continuity of Government

______________ 1See Appendix A for a list of the Department of Defense Directives (DoDDs) relevant to continuity of government activities. 2See Federation of American Scientists, 1999a. Press interest in federal COG programs increased after the cold war. See Emerson (1989) and Gup (1991, 1992). 3Article IV, Section 4, of the Constitution seems to provide the constitutional authority for milita...

PACIFIC CURRENTS The Quest for Constitutional Reform in Tonga

Tonga’s constitution was originally a liberal, 19th century document that economically combined popular representation and aristocratic direction in a unicameral vehicle instead of the conventional bicameral legislature. Subsequent amendments strengthened the executive, and the greatest of all, in 1914, significantly reduced representation of both nobles and people. The configuration of power s...

Constitutional Reform in the English - Speaking Caribbean : Challenges and Prospects

INTRODUCTION Constitutional laws of countries in the English-speaking Caribbean (ESC) have changed very little, at least in relative terms, since the independence of these countries. Nevertheless, the institutional and political environment of the ESC presents some unique challenges to constitutional reform in the contemporary era. This paper examines the constitutional trajectory of these coun...