Ancillary paper: Case Studies on Constitution
Building
Ancillary to Part III, twenty-three case studies
on issues of process relating to constitution building, and precedents
from earlier experiences in the United Kingdom and in other countries,
have been prepared to which reference is made in what follows
for more detailed analysis. The subjects dealt with by the case
studies are as follows:
A The Existing Process of Constitutional Reform
B The Use of Royal Commissions on Constitutional
Affairs
C The Role and Working of the Law Commission
D The Making of the Devolved Scottish Constitution
(Unofficial Constitutional Convention)
E The Welsh Assembly Powers and Electoral Arrangements
(Independent Commission)
F A Northern Ireland Bill of Rights
(Human Rights Commission)
G The Australian Republican Proposal
(Constitutional Commission and Referendum)
H The Australian Proposal for a Human Rights
Code
(National Human Rights Consultation Committee)
I New Zealand's Electoral Reform Process
(Royal Commission & referendum)
J Belgium's Constitutional Revision
K The Making of the Spanish Constitution 1978 ('Fathers
of the Constitution')
L Germany's Post-Unification Constitutional Revisions (Joint
Parliamentary Committee)
M Constitution-building in the canton of Geneva (Elected
Assembly and popular engagement)
N The Adoption of the Swiss Federal Constitution
1999
O Iceland: Crowd-Sourcing a Constitution
(Elected Council and Popular Engagement)
P Post-apartheid Constitutional Reform in South
Africa (Negotiating Council and Technical Committee)
Q Ireland's Constitutional Convention, 2012-14
R Referendums and the Constitution
S Comparative Constitutional Bills of Rights
T Public Opinion and Codifying the Constitution
U Constitutional Codification and Deliberative
Voting
V Conservatism and the Constitution
W The Left and the Constitution
Case studies can be found at www.parliament.uk/pcrc-constitution
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