@article{2023:riegner:the_direct,
title = {The Directive Constitution in the Varieties of Constitutionalism: An Introduction},
year = {2023},
note = {This overview article introduces the special issue on “The Directive
Constitution in the varieties of constitutionalism”, which revisits
debates on the constituição dirigente in Portugal and Brazil,
analyses the genealogy, substance and evolution of the concept, and
compares it to its Anglophone sibling transformative
constitutionalism. The article argues that studying directive
constitutionalism makes important contributions to comparative
constitutional scholarship, especially to debates on constitutional
typology and non-liberal varieties of constitutionalism, to the
literature on constitutional transfers and the political economy of
legal knowledge, and to normative critiques of non-liberal varieties
of constitutionalism in the face of democratic decline and
authoritarian challenges.},
journal = {VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee},
pages = {493--505},
author = {Riegner, Michael},
volume = {56},
number = {3}
}