Constitution-Building and Transition to Democracy

The course will address the constitution building processes that took place after the collapse of the regimes in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union, viewed in comparison with those that took place in some Latin American and South Mediterranean countries. A comparative method will be used, taking into account interdisciplinary connections, but at the same time reminding the necessity of mastering a legal-constitutional lexicon.

At the end of the course the students are expected to:

- have acquired a comprehensive knowledge of the transnational legal order theoretical framework, of the interaction between constitution making and transnational legal orders and of the key features of constitution building processes from a comparative perspective.
- be able to apply the transnational legal order theoretical framework and the methodologies of comparative constitutional law to new case studies of constitution building in different regional contexts. .
- be capable, mastering a legal-constitutional lexicon, to discuss case studies regarding constitution making in a critical manner and to draft a short essay on a case study in the field of constitution building processes.