The Foundations and Traditions of Constitutional Amendment

The Foundations and Traditions of Constitutional Amendment, 1st Edition, is a textbook designed to guide the emergence of comparative constitutional amendment as a distinct field of study in public law. The volume analyzes how constitutions change across borders through formal and informal means.

The work integrates comparative, doctrinal, historical, and theoretical perspectives on constitutional change. It addresses mechanisms such as alteration, revision, evolution, interpretation, replacement, and revolution, alongside topics including unamendability, sunrise clauses, constitutional referenda, and the distinction between constituent and constituted powers.

Published in the Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law series, this collection is intended for a college audience. It examines constitutional amendment across jurisdictions including Australia, Canada, the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa.