1989-2019: From democratic to abusive constitutional borrowing

Constitutional borrowing looks very different today than it did thirty years ago: where in 1989, post-Soviet and Eastern European states were looking west for ideas and inspiration, today they are increasingly looking “eastward”—i.e. to Russia, China, and Singapore—for models of constitutional gover...

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Published in:International journal of constitutional law 2019-04, Vol.17 (2), p.489-496
Main Authors: Dixon, Rosalind, Landau, David
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Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
Constitutional government
Constitutional law
Democracy
Examinations
Legitimacy of governments
Political systems
Postcommunist societies
Power (Social sciences)
Revolution
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Constitutional government
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Democracy
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Legitimacy of governments
Political systems
Postcommunist societies
Power (Social sciences)
Revolution
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