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Wolfgang Babeck, Steven Fish, Zeno Reichenbecher - Rewriting a Constitution: Georgia's shift towards Europe

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Wolfgang Babeck, Steven Fish, Zeno Reichenbecher

Rewriting a Constitution: Georgia's shift towards Europe

2012

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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-12

Introduction S. 13-14

Past constitutional amendments S. 14

2004 Constitutional amendments S. 14-16

Composition S. 16-17

Stages of activity S. 17-19

Conceptual grounds and scopes of revision of the Constitution S. 19-22

Annex: Composition of the State Constitutional Commission of Georgia S. 22-24

Legal “Transplants” or Promoting the Rule of Law? German Contributions to Law and Sustainable Development S. 25-28

Advice on Legal and Judicial Reform: German Donor Institutions in Developing and Transition Countries S. 28-30

Challenges to advice on legal and judicial reform in the South Caucasus S. 30-32

The four pillars of legal and judicial advice in the South Caucasus S. 32-37

Ad-hoc Consultancy S. 37-39

External Experts S. 39-40

Round Table S. 40-41

Study tour S. 41

Assessment and Finalization of the Draft: the “Berlin Conference” S. 41-42

Publication of Relevant Material S. 42

Conclusion S. 42-44

Process: Extensive Deliberation S. 45-46

Substance: Democracy-Enhancing Reform S. 46-48

The Advantages of a Strong Legislature: Empirical Evidence S. 48-52

Tighter Constraints on the Executive S. 52-54

Firmer Regime Legitimacy S. 54-55

Impending Challenges S. 55-60

Introduction S. 61-62

The long journey to success for the State Constitutional Commission S. 62-64

The role of the opposition S. 64-65

The quest for international advice S. 65-66

The dilemma of the Georgian culture of political discussion S. 66-67

The Berlin Conference S. 67-72

Circumventing the Constitutional Commission S. 72-73

Conclusion S. 73

Georgia’s core governance problem with the existing Constitution S. 73-75

The changes to the Constitution in 2004 S. 75-77

Reasons for the establishment and role of the SCC S. 77-80

Set-up and work of the State Constitutional Commission S. 80-84

Key issues in the constitutional revision S. 84-89

Review of the interim development processes S. 89-94

Comments on the SCC draft dated 4 December 2009 S. 94-100

Further development of the work of the SCC S. 100-103

Comments on the SCC draft dated May 2010 S. 103-129

Suggestions to Chapter 2 of the Constitution S. 129

Article 56 paragraph 2 S. 129

Article 66 S. 129-130

Article 67 paragraph 2 S. 130-131

Article 69 S. 131-132

Amendments concerning Article 70 paragraph 2 S. 132

Article 70 and Article 5 S. 132-133

Article 73 S. 133

Article 731 S. 133-135

Article 75 paragraph 2 S. 135

Article 78 paragraph 4 S. 135-136

Article 80 S. 136

Article 81 S. 136-140

Article 813 paragraph 3 S. 140

Article 86 paragraph 2 S. 140

Article 89 S. 140-141

Article 93 S. 141-142

Chapter 71 – Local self government S. 142

Article 102 S. 142-144

Annex S. 144-148

Order No. 388 of 8 June 2009 of President of Georgia on required activities for forming the Georgian State Constitution Commission S. 149-153

Decree No 348 of 23 June 2009 of the President of Georgia on Approval of the Charter of the State Constitutional Commission of Georgia S. 153-157

Appendix 3-7 S. 157-159

Alexander Blankenagel, Bericht über den Runden Tisch zum Thema „Die Reform der georgischen Verfassung von 1995“, 17.12.2009 S. 159-165

Appeal of “Our Georgia – Free Democrats” concerning the Draft Constitutional Law on the Amendments and Changes to the Constitution of Georgia of 02.07.2010 S. 165-167

Wolfgang Babeck – Briefing for the members of the international expert panel in preparation for the Berlin-Conference, 14.07.2010 S. 167-171

List of participants of the Berlin Conference, 14.-16.07.2010 S. 171-173

Public Constitutional Commission – Comprehensive Concept of the Revised Constitution of Georgia of 09.04.2010 S. 173-215

Constitutional Law of Georgia on the Amendments and Changes to the Constitution of Georgia, 15.10.2010 S. 215-229

The Constitution of Georgia S. 229-274

Profiles of contributors S. 275

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