Religion–State Relation
This document discusses how constitutions regulate the relationship between religious and state authorities.
Type: Briefs/Notes
Removal of Presidents
This Primer seeks to inform and aid decisions on the constitutional design of presidential removal processes through a comparative discussion…
Presidential Legislative Powers
This document examines how presidents in presidential and semi-presidential democracies typically possess, in addition to executive powers strictly defined, certain…
Protecting Ethnic Minorities within Minorities
This brief refers to the protection of minorities within constituent units/states/regions and doesn’t cover the protection of minorities in general.
Parliaments and Crisis: Challenges and Innovation
Written in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, this Primer looks at how democratic parliaments play a crucial role in…
Parliaments and Crisis: Challenges and Innovations
Written in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the Primer looks at how democratic parliaments play a crucial role in…
New Forms of Political Party Membership
This Primer analyse these new forms of political party membership and presents how different parties and contexts have given birth…
Non-executive Presidents in Parliamentary Democracies
This document analyses how a non-executive president is a symbolic leader of a state who performs a representative and civic…
Official Language Designation
This Primer addresses the role of language in constitutional design, and the key considerations, implications and potential challenges that arise…
Opposition and Legislative Minorities: Constitutional Roles, Rights and Recognition
This Primer examines the recognition, roles and rights of the opposition and the legislative minority in democratic constitutions.