Implicit Constitution Unamendment Called “Constitutional Identity”: Case Studies in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Turkey and India
Keywords:
Constitutional Identity, Constitutional Amendment power, Judicial Coup d’étatAbstract
This article aims to study the relationship between the concept of constitutional identity and the principles of constitutional law. The study reveals that the concept of constitutional identity was constructs from an ideological in an extensive time, it emerges from judicial activism era which related to the material review of the constitutionality regarding constitutional amendments. According to the study, it was found that the parliamentary that has a power to amend the constitutional amendment was interfered by judicial power known as constitutional identity. Therefore, this kind of power prescribes the constitution with some limitations called “implicit constitution unamendment”. Moreover, this article involves the exploration of the comparison of the concept of constitutional identity in six countries: France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Turkey and India.
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