Failing constitutionalism: From political legalism to defective empowerment

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 2045-3825|1|2|313-333

ISSN: 2045-3817

Source: Global Constitutionalism, Vol.1, Iss.2, 2012-06, pp. : 313-333

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Abstract

The recent wave of popular uprisings in the Middle East and Northern Africa has sparked a renewed attention to democratization across the world. One of many intriguing questions in this context is whether this trend will be spread globally and will flash another wave of democratization among some regions and countries where democratic euphoria has faded away. Another intriguing question is whether this new wave, in the Middle East or elsewhere, will take a constitutional path or will evolve through undemocratic and unconstitutional channels. In this light, it looks perfectly timely to discuss the lessons from and the modern prospects of building constitutional democracies in post-Soviet countries.