Voices from the Field
Through the eyes of local experts and actors, ConstitutionNet’s ‘Voices from the Field’ series offers a monthly look at constitution building processes as they are unfolding on the ground around the world. Contributions take the form of interviews with, and opinion pieces from, constitutional experts, lawyers, practitioners and other engaged citizens in the field for a fresh and original look at issues of importance to local populations during the drafting, adoption and implementation of constitutions.
Voices From The Field
20 June 2018
Reforming the Ethiopian polity: Another false dawn or a hopeful start?
Voices From The Field
15 June 2018
Myanmar’s Constitutional Reform Process: A pragmatic prioritization of process over substantive reform?
Voices From The Field
1 June 2018
Local elections in Tunisia: Implementing the constitution and reinforcing the transition
Voices From The Field
25 May 2018
Malaysia’s Democratic Hope: Proposals for Constitutional Reforms
Voices From The Field
23 May 2018
Towards a Tobago self-government? Constitutional reforms in Trinidad and Tobago
Voices From The Field
16 May 2018
Presidential Proposal for Constitutional Revision in South Korea: Unlikely to be Passed but Significant Step Forward
Voices From The Field
9 May 2018
Reforming the Content, Rather than Context, of the Chadian Constitution: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
Voices From The Field
17 April 2018
Upsetting the Israeli Jewish-Democratic Balance: From the Declaration of Establishment to the Nation-State Bill
Voices From The Field
10 April 2018
The Irish Referendum on Abortion: ‘Mediating’ Activists’ Demands with Political Caution through a Citizens’ Assembly
Voices From The Field
31 March 2018
Constitutional Change in Ecuador: Improving Democratic Accountability—and Constraining a Rival
Voices From The Field
30 March 2018
Reforming Serbia’s Constitution: Enhancing judicial accountability at the expense of independence?
Voices From The Field
29 March 2018
All things must pass? The state of the Chilean constitutional moment
Voices From The Field
20 March 2018
‘Imperial Manila’ is a constitutional design: Towards configuring executive authority in a federal system
Voices From The Field
28 February 2018
Reforming the Gabonese Constitution: An unprecedented, but limited, participatory process and an empowered presidency
Voices From The Field
27 February 2018
Triple Talaq: Personal Law and Colonial Shadows in Contemporary India
Voices From The Field
21 February 2018
George Weah’s agenda for constitutional reform in Liberia: The incentives for prioritizing citizenship
Voices From The Field
19 February 2018
The fourth anniversary of the Tunisian Constitution: The unfinished transformation
Voices From The Field
29 January 2018
Beyond term limits: Burkina Faso’s attempt to tame the presidency and to strengthen constitutional checks
Voices From The Field
23 January 2018
Burundi’s constitutional referendum: Consolidating the fait accompli in the run-up to the 2020 elections
Voices From The Field
22 January 2018
From dictatorship to a new Constitution in The Gambia: Issues and Concerns
Comments/Questions?