Of constitutional commissions and expert-led interpretation during processes of constitutional change

• المؤلف الرئيسي: VISSER, De Maartje
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• الموضوعات: Constitutional Law; Public Law and Legal Theory
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3073; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5031/viewcontent/Of_Constitutional_Commissions_and_expert_led_interpretation_during_processes_of_constitutional_change_25_05_07_15_37_20.pdf
• المؤسسة: Singapore Management University

In an 1816 letter, Thomas Jefferson expressed himself in favour of including a provision in the constitution that would prescribe its regular upkeep. “[E]ach generation”, the Founding Father wrote, ought to be able to revise the constitu- tion “every nineteen or twenty years”, so it could “be handed...