January 31, 2017

by Tarik Olcay, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Glasgow. The uninformed observer could be forgiven for thinking that no such thing as an unconstitutional constitutional amendment exists. This concept, or in other words, the question of constitutionality of constitutional amendments, is a contentious one. It immediately calls for a clarification, a convincing definition of the constitution, and of what it means to be constitutional.