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
26 October 2018
Popular initiatives to amend Kenya’s constitution: A misdiagnosis of the problem?
Voices From The Field
25 October 2018
LGBT rights in India: The Doctrine of Constitutional Morality and Counter-Majoritarianism in the Context of Institutional Supremacy
Voices From The Field
24 October 2018
Expropriation without compensation: Democratizing South Africa’s economy?
Voices From The Field
28 September 2018
The Drive to Reform Peru’s Judicial and Political System: Opportunistic and Incompatible?
Voices From The Field
24 August 2018
Removing ‘Race’ and Adding ‘Gender’ to the French Constitution: On Constitutional Redundancy and Symbols
Voices From The Field
21 August 2018
A Federal Constitution for the Philippines? A Reluctant Congress and an Unsupportive Public
Voices From The Field
17 August 2018
Sudan’s Missed Opportunity for Historic Peaceful Transfer of Power: The Planned Removal of Term Limits
Voices From The Field
14 August 2018
Uganda’s age limit petition: Constitutional Court demurs on substance, cautious on procedure
Voices From The Field
18 July 2018
A Single Polity at Last? Pakistan’s Unfinished Efforts to Mainstream Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
Voices From The Field
13 July 2018
Croatia’s constitutional dilemma: Popular initiatives versus minority rights
Voices From The Field
28 June 2018
Armenia’s (R)Evolutionary Breakthrough: Constitutionalism at Work?
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