Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0345100

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0345100

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Interpreting Constitutions: A Comparative and Theoretical Study. Constitutional provisions that are ambiguous, vague, or insufficiently explicit must often be interpreted by judges. Should the judges be guided by contemporary values, rather than the original intentions of the founders? That is problematic, because interpretation is then difficult to distinguish from change. Constitutions usually require that they be changed only by some special, democratic procedure. Australian scholars have only begun to consider such issues, which have been debated in America for decades. This project will involve a comparison of the methodologies of constitutional interpretation in five different countries, and a theoretical inquiry into the underlying normative and linguistic principles.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 30-06-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $85,960.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Law | Comparative Law | Jurisprudence And Legal Theory | Constitutionalism And Constitutional Law

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding legal processes | Understanding political systems |

Other Keywords

Comparative Law | Constitutionalism And Constitutional Law | Jurisprudence And Legal Theory | Law | Understanding legal processes | Understanding political systems

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