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
31 August 2015
Last minute add-on to Thailand’s post-coup constitution: Crisis Committee or the long arm of the military
Voices From The Field
18 August 2015
Political rights of Women in Egypt’s Second Republic: Ambitious Aspirations and Dismal Realities
Voices From The Field
30 July 2015
Term Limits and Democratic Consolidation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Burundi
Voices From The Field
29 July 2015
Nepal parties fast-track new constitution but backtrack on aspirations of marginalized groups
Voices From The Field
23 July 2015
Agendas of Constitutional Decentralization in Ukraine
Voices From The Field
21 July 2015
Term Limits Manipulation across Latin America – and what Constitutional Design could do about it
Voices From The Field
25 June 2015
Hudud and the Struggle for Malaysia’s Constitutional Soul
Voices From The Field
17 June 2015
Consolidating Democracy in Tanzania: Presidential Powers under the Proposed Constitution
Voices From The Field
15 June 2015
Myanmar: Proposed amendments seek to entrench legislative supremacy and devolve marginal autonomy to local governments
Voices From The Field
12 June 2015
Nepal’s constitutional deal: significant milestone but short of a breakthrough
Voices From The Field
6 June 2015
Italy towards institutional re-design: a constitutional and political marathon
Voices From The Field
29 May 2015
Thailand’s next post-coup constitution: The dictatorship of the ‘good people’?
Voices From The Field
27 May 2015
Honduras: Term Limits Drama 2.0 - how the Supreme Court declared the Constitution Unconstitutional
Voices From The Field
26 May 2015
Sri Lanka: The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution - from start to finish
Voices From The Field
25 May 2015
Bottom-up approaches to constitutional implementation: a civil society perspective from Zimbabwe
Voices From The Field
30 April 2015
What do the people want? Demands for expansion of rights and a Christian state through constitutional reform in Liberia
Voices From The Field
30 April 2015
Thailand’s next post-coup constitution: Uncharted territory to ‘true democracy’ or same old trodden path back to authoritarianism?
Voices From The Field
28 April 2015
Constitutional Hurdle-Race: Contemporary Constitution-Making in Ukraine
Voices From The Field
16 April 2015
Sharia and the Nigerian Constitution: Strange Bedfellows?
Voices From The Field
31 March 2015
From presidential to parliamentary state? A midterm look at Sri Lanka’s Constitutional Reform Process