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Current Issue | No. 63 (2025): Septiembre-Diciembre
Prologue
Constitutionalism, Constituent Power and Constitutional Change in Latin America
Constitutionalism, Constituent Power and Constitutional Change in Latin America
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Articles
Constitutional Challenges: Constituent Power and Plebiscitary Claims at Odds
Desafíos constitucionales: el poder constituyente y los alegatos plebiscitarios en conflicto
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The Argentine Constitutional Reform of 1994 and its Mandate to Legislate the duty to Consult Indigenous Peoples: A Pending Debt
La Reforma Constitucional Argentina de 1994 y su Obligación de Legislar el Derecho a la Consulta de los Pueblos Indígenas: Una Deuda Pendiente
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Constitutional reform and its limits in Costa Rica’s 1949 Constitution
La reforma constitucional y sus límites en la Constitución de Costa Rica de 1949
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The (AB)uses of the constitutional amendment power in Nicaragua: 1987-2024
Los (AB)usos del poder de reforma constitucional en Nicaragua: 1987-2024
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How unamendable is the brazilian constitution?
¿Hasta qué punto es inmodificable la Constitución brasileña?
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Constitutional amendments in Panama
Reformas constitucionales en Panamá
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The new constitutional amendment clause after the reinstatement of bicameralism in Peru: The case of an unconstitutional constitutional amendment?
La nueva cláusula de cambio constitucional tras el retorno a la bicameralidad en el Perú: ¿el caso de una reforma constitucional inconstitucional?
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A ‘Shared’ Experience of Constituent Power: The Legal Culture of Some Legal Scholars and Constituents in the de facto Chilean Constitution
A ‘Shared’ Experience of Constituent Power: The Legal Culture of Some Legal Scholars and Constituents in the de facto Chilean Constitution
Summary views 54 | PDF views 36 | pp. 265-285