Asking for Directions: The Origins of Gomes Canotilho Directive Constitutionalism at the Crossroads of Contemporary Constitutional Thought

Luís António Malheiro Meneses do Vale

doi:10.5771/0506-7286-2023-3-524

Contents
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- 491–492 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 491–492
- 493–610 Symposium 493–610
  - 493–505 The Directive Constitution in the Varieties of Constitutionalism: An Introduction Michael Riegner Michael Riegner 493–505
  - 506–523 "Constitucionalismo Dirigente" and Transformative Constitutionalism: Common Elements, Differences, and Methodological Challenges Mariana Canotilho Mariana Canotilho 506–523
  - 524–548 Asking for Directions: The Origins of Gomes Canotilho Directive Constitutionalism at the Crossroads of Contemporary Constitutional Thought Luís António Malheiro Meneses do Vale Luís António Malheiro Meneses do Vale 524–548
  - 549–567 Transformation by Decree? A (Brief) Reflection on the ‘Directive Constitution’ (Constituição Dirigente) in Brazil Florian F. Hoffmann, Fabio Carvalho Leite Florian F. Hoffmann, Fabio Carvalho Leite 549–567
  - 568–586 The Theories of Constituição Dirigente and Transformative Constitutionalism and Their Reception by Brazilian Constitutional Theory: An Approach Based on Critical Comparative Law Deo Campos Dutra Deo Campos Dutra 568–586
  - 587–601 Bridging Past and Future: Transformative Constitutionalism and Directive Constitutions Amidst Authoritarian Challenges Juliana Cesario Alvim Gomes Juliana Cesario Alvim Gomes 587–601
  - 602–610 A Comment from a South African Perspective on Directive and Transformative Constitutionalism in Comparative Constitutional Law Jonathan Klaaren Jonathan Klaaren 602–610
- 611–654 Abhandlungen / Articles 611–654
  - 611–632 State of Exception and Internal Colonialism:The Construction of the Belo Monte Power Plant in Brazil Giovanni Martins de Araújo Mascarenhas Giovanni Martins de Araújo Mascarenhas 611–632
  - 633–654 Lessons from the Law and Politics of Federalism in Africa: Federalism Is Bigger Than Federation; Constitutions Are More Than Single Mega-Documents; the International Trumps the Domestic; and the Past Continues to Matter Jan Erk Jan Erk 633–654
- 655–662 Buchbesprechungen / Book Reviews 655–662
  - 655–659 Arun K Thiruvengadam, Constitution of India: A Contextual Analysis Florian Matthey-Prakash Florian Matthey-Prakash 655–659
  - 659–662 Silvia von Steinsdorff, Ece Göztepe, Maria Abad Andrade and Felix Petersen, The Constitutional Court of Turkey Between Legal and Political Reasoning İlker Gökhan Sen İlker Gökhan Sen 659–662
- 663–663 VRÜ/WCL Article Prize Volume 54 (2021) 663–663
- 664–664 Call for Papers 664–664
- 665–666 Impressum 665–666
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VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , page 524 - 548

Asking for Directions: The Origins of Gomes Canotilho Directive Constitutionalism at the Crossroads of Contemporary Constitutional Thought

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Luís António Malheiro Meneses do Vale

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2023-3-524
- ISSN: 0506-7286
- ISSN online: 2941-9603
Abstract

As part of a wider critical-reconstructive reflection, this foray into the theory of the directive constitution, advanced by Gomes Canotilho in 1982 and highly influential in Latin-American and Southern-European countries, hopes to capitalize on its inspiring suggestions, while making them available to a wider public. The attempt is to topically reconstitute the basic genealogy of Canotilho’s proposal, by searching for some of its sources and tributaries within the context of: (1) the New International Economic Order and the developmental constitutionalist projects to which it directly or indirectly gave rise (particularly the Lusophone decolonial movement); (2) the wave of South European democratic transitions, especially in its revolutionary moments and attentive to the understandable commitment and socially transformative and emancipatory aspirations constitutionally assumed by then (in parallel with Spain and Greece), (3) the influence exerted by the post-war Italian and German constitutional doctrine, to the point of (a) allowing for Canotilho’s inscription in an honourable lineage which dates back to Heller and Smend, and passes through Hesse, bringing him progressively close to Häberle, and (b) rooting the thesis of dirigism in the debate between Abendroth and Forsthoff with marginal regards to V. Crisafulli and P. Lerche.
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