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November 2, 2015
2:57 pm
Constitutional Change

Is Portugal living on a constitutional edge?

by Jónatas E.M. Machado, Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Last October 4th, Portugal had its general election. After four years of painful economic austerity, the people was called to pass judgement on the center-right coalition which ruled the country during the troubled Troika years. Surprisingly, the “Portugal Ahead” platform of Passos Coelho and Paulo Portas, the leaders of the ruling coalition parties (Social Democratic Party and the Democratic and Social Center/Popular Party), ended up winning the election, albeit with little less than 37% of the votes.

February 3, 2014
2:30 pm
Constitutional Change

Are constitutional reforms necessary in Greece ?

by Xenophon Contiades Before the constitutional revision process begins in Greece it is crucial to focus on the influence exerted by the crisis on the dialogue about constitutional revision. Could it be, that to amend a Constitution in the midst of a crisis is not a wise choice?

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International Conference on “Militant Democracy and Constitutionalism: Do procedural aspects of democracy affect its substance?”Call for Papers: Deadline by February 10, 2024

08/11/2023

The School of Law, University of Nicosia, in collaboration with the Themistocles and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation – Centre for European Constitutional Law (CECL) invite submission

Rethinking the U.S. Constitutional Amending Process After the Dobbs Decision

27/06/2022

By Dr. John R. Vile, professor of political science and dean of the University Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University.

Tsatsos Foundation Forum 2022 “Constitution – Economy – Europe”

05/05/2022

More info: https://projector-web.gr/Mindview/en/tsatsos-foundation-forum-2022/registration

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