The Dominion model of transitional constitutionalism

Malagodi, Mara, McDonagh, Luke and Poole, Thomas ORCID: 0000-0001-9721-7502 (2020) The Dominion model of transitional constitutionalism. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 17 (4). 1283 - 1300. ISSN 1474-2640

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Abstract

This symposium has explored New Dominion constitutionalism inductively and contextually, placing the phenomenon within a historically nested set of ideas and practices from the Old (Settler) Dominions, through the "Bridge Dominion" of Ireland, before giving detailed attention to the South Asian New Dominions of India, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The articles collectively form a basis from which to analyze the legal configuration of New Dominion status and its legacy by exploring links between New Dominion constitutional framing and post-independence design and practice. Building on the case studies, the principal contention of this summative contribution is that New Dominion constitutionalism should be understood as the first constitutional model of note designed to manage political transitions on a global scale. A product of the twilight of the British Empire, New Dominion constitutionalism represents a model for decolonizing nations and an important antecedent to later post-Cold War transitions. Both transitional and transnational, New Dominion status offered an interim frame of government for political transitions, the fuzzy center of which derived from Westminster-style conventions of political constitutionalism, as well as a template establishing the legal basis for constituting the fully independent state.

Item Type:	Article
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Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author
Divisions:	Law
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2020 13:15
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2024 02:42
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104101

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