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Resilience through Synergy? The Legal Complex in Sri Lanka's Constitutional Crisis.
| Title: | Resilience through Synergy? The Legal Complex in Sri Lanka's Constitutional Crisis. |
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| Authors: | Samararatne, Dinesha |
| Source: | Asian Journal of Law & Society; Feb2022, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p1-25, 25p |
| Abstract: | What types of institutional dynamics and conditions allow constitutional resilience in the face of attempts at undermining gains in a constitutional democracy? Using Sri Lanka as a case-study, I claim that the legal complex acting in synergy with independent public institutions (the Speaker of the Parliament) and civil society can produce constitutional resilience. Synergy between the legal complex and these institutions can transform constitutional vulnerability into constitutional resilience. I argue therefore that the legal complex theory must be extended to consider the ways in which it can work in synergy with other public institutions in being resilient against attempts at rolling back gains for constitutional democracy. I argue further that synergy between the legal complex and formal and informal institutions over the short term can only result in "simple" constitutional resilience. The development of "reflexive" constitutional resilience requires long-term synergy between the legal complex and other public institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Subject Terms: | DEMOCRACY, CONSTITUTIONAL crises, PUBLIC institutions, CIVIL society |
| Geographic Terms: | SRI Lanka |
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| ISSN: | 20529015 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/als.2021.36 |
| Database: | Complementary Index |