Constitutional Conventions : Theories, Practices and Dynamics (Hardcover)

Introduction: New Research Directions in Constitutional Conventions?Nicholas Barry, Narelle Miragliotta, Zim Nwokora and Haig Patapan?1. What are Constitutional Conventions? Common Law, Legal Positivism and Liberal Perspectives?Haig Patapan?2. Morality versus Strategy: Constitutional Conventions through the Lens of Political Motivation?Zim Nwokora?3. Conventions All the Way Down: The Emergence of Parliamentary Conventions over MP Qualifications?Graeme Orr?4. How Constitutional Actors Resist Conventions Without Breaking Them: The Case of UK’s Salisbury Convention?Narelle Miragliotta and Frank Algra-Maschio?5. How Do Constitutional Changes Affect Conventions and Constitutional Identity? A Case Study of a Republic in Australia?Sarah Murray?6. Populism and Constitutional Conventions?Nicholas Barry?7. The Breakdown of Constitutional Norms in the United States?James P. Pfiffner?8. Strategic Development of Constitutional Conventions on Succession under Authoritarian State: The Case of China?Baogang He?9. Constitutional Conventions in Central Europe: When Two Are Doing the Same It Is Not Always the Same?David Kosa? & Attila Vincze