Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 643 pages)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780192574343
Content:
This book examines the politics of presidential term limits. It looks at the theory and practice of term limits, the experience of term-limit avoidance worldwide, and the consequences of presidential term limits in all forms of regimes.
Content:
Cover -- The Politics of Presidential Term Limits -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- 1: Presidential Term Limits -- CHOICES, CHOICES-CONSTITUTIONS AND PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS -- THE PROS AND CONS OF PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS -- THE INTRODUCTION, ABOLITION, AND AMENDMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS -- THE EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS -- BOOK STRUCTURE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Section I -- 2: Theorizing Presidential Rotation -- ROTATION IN OFFICE -- ROTATION IN ANCIENT GREECE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 3: One Size Does Not Fit All: The Provision and Interpretation of Presidential Term Limits -- EXECUTIVE TERM LIMITS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE -- TERM LIMIT EVASION -- UNAMENDABILITY -- JURISPRUDENCE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 4: Term Limits and the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment Doctrine: Lessons from Latin America -- THE RISE OF THE UCA DOCTRINE -- THE UCA DOCTRINE AND TERM LIMITS -- VARIABLE OUTCOMES -- Courts Blocking Amendments to Extend Term Limit: Colombia 2010 -- Courts Allowing Amendments to Extend Term Limits: Ecuador 2014 -- Courts Holding Term Limits to Be Unconstitutional: Honduras 2015 -- TRANSNATIONAL ANCHORING AND TERM LIMIT DECISIONS IN LATIN AMERICA -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 5: Continuismo in Comparison: Avoidance, Extension, and Removal of Presidential Term Limits -- PRESIDENTIAL CONTINUISMO -- CONTINUISMO: "EXTENDERS," TIMES, COMPONENTS (TYPES) -- TYPOLOGY OF CONTINUISMO -- Continuismo: Avoidance -- Continuismo: Extension -- Continuismo: Removal -- Continuismo: Summary -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONTINUISMO FOR PRESIDENTS IN OFFICE -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Section II -- 6: Presidential Term Limits in Latin America: c.1820-1985 -- PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS IN LATINAMERICA: A SHORT OVERVIEW.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780198837404
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The politics of presidential term limits Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019 ISBN 9780198837404
Language:
English
Keywords:
Präsidentielles Regierungssystem
;
Staatspräsident
;
Amtsperiode
;
Beschränkung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5788906
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