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Formal Amendment Processes

Formal Amendment Processes is the constitutionally entrenched set of procedures by which the authoritative text of a constitution may be legally altered, characterized by specified procedural constraints and often heightened decision-making thresholds that distinguish such change from ordinary legislation and informal constitutional evolution.

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2017–2026

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Constitutional Amendment Procedures

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Procedural Choice and the House Committee on Rules

Douglas Dion, John D. Huber · The Journal of Politics · 1996 · 143 citations

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Do Constitutional Amendments Matter?

David A. Strauss · SSRN Electronic Journal · 1999 · 123 citations · Full text

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The Irrelevance of Constitutional Amendments

David A. Strauss · Harvard Law Review · 2001 · 123 citations

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Responding to imperfection: the theory and practice of constitutional amendment

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 117 citations

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Designing a Constitution-Drafting Process: Lessons from Kenya

Alicia L. Bannon · The Yale Law Journal · 2007 · 102 citations

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Authors

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  1. RA
    Richard Albert

    University of Colorado Denver, United States

    5 publications · 143 citations

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  2. DE
    David E. Kyvig

    University of Akron, United States

    2 publications · 45 citations

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  3. VB
    Virginia Barbour

    Ottawa Hospital, Canada

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  4. RD
    Rosalind Dixon

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 77 citations

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  5. TB
    Theodora Bloom

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 50 citations

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Institutions

53

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    304 citations

  2. Boston College

    Boston, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    67 citations

  3. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    104 citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    325 citations

  5. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    27 citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  7. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  8. Wilfrid Laurier University

    Waterloo, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 10 publications · 321 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 191 citations

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  3. American Political Science Review

    4 publications · 66 citations

    4

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  4. Harvard Law Review

    3 publications · 224 citations

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  5. International Journal of Constitutional Law

    2 publications · 79 citations

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