Voices from the Field
Through the eyes of local experts and actors, ConstitutionNet’s ‘Voices from the Field’ series offers a monthly look at constitution building processes as they are unfolding on the ground around the world. Contributions take the form of interviews with, and opinion pieces from, constitutional experts, lawyers, practitioners and other engaged citizens in the field for a fresh and original look at issues of importance to local populations during the drafting, adoption and implementation of constitutions.
Voices From The Field
26 October 2020
Myanmar’s November Elections: The Challenging Task of Federalisation Awaits a New Government
Voices From The Field
14 September 2020
Botswana’s Piecemeal Constitutional Reform Initiative: Banning Floor Crossing
Voices From The Field
8 September 2020
The Return of Sri Lanka’s Imperial Presidency: The Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Bill
Voices From The Field
8 September 2020
Liberia’s Constitutional Referendum on Dual Citizenship and Reduced Political Tenure
Voices From The Field
28 August 2020
Taming Malawi’s Presidency: Will Chakwera Walk the Talk?
Voices From The Field
26 August 2020
Georgia’s battle on electoral rules and the pivot towards proportional representation
Voices From The Field
30 July 2020
Armenia’s overlapping constitutional reforms: Wither the Constitutional Court?
Voices From The Field
27 July 2020
Malta’s wobbly constitutional and rule of law reform
Voices From The Field
14 July 2020
Guinea-Bissau’s political paralysis: Potential and risks of constitutional reform process
Voices From The Field
1 July 2020
Nepal-India boundary dispute and the reignition of minority demands for constitutional reform
Voices From The Field
22 June 2020
COVID-19 and Unamendable Limits on Duration of Presidential and Legislative Terms in the Central African Republic
Voices From The Field
12 June 2020
Electoral Crises, Peace Process with Taliban and Constitutional Reform in Afghanistan
Voices From The Field
8 June 2020
Taiwan’s Constitutional Court, Adultery and the Renaissance of Judicial Activism
Voices From The Field
4 June 2020
Algeria’s not-so-new (Draft) Constitution: Betraying Hirak’s radicalism?
Voices From The Field
27 May 2020
DRC’s Constitutional Court: Broken shield in overseeing the executive in emergencies?
Voices From The Field
26 May 2020
Reflecting custom in a written constitution: Constitutional proposals in Samoa
Voices From The Field
30 April 2020
Coronavirus Lockdown-Measures before the German Constitutional Court
Voices From The Field
22 April 2020
American Federalism, the Coronavirus Pandemic, and the Legacy of Hurricane Katrina
Voices From The Field
7 April 2020
New Zealand and COVID-19: Parliamentary accountability in time of emergencies
Voices From The Field
6 April 2020
Hungary’s Enabling Act: Prime Minister Orbán Makes the Most of the Pandemic