VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee

The new Andean constitutionalism centred around the concepts of plurinationality and decolonization tackles centuries of indigenous subordination and strives for the revaluation of indigenous culture. Territorial autonomy is currently considered a...

Although Alberto Fujimori, the father of neo-populism stepped down almost 20 years ago, Peru is still struggling with his legacy: Fujimorismo is still dividing society and the Constitution of 1993 although amended various times since Fujimori...

Comparison of local governments in federal systems helps design new policies. In particular, this study presents federal asymmetries of state and municipal governments in Latin American countries. To this end, the hypothesis states that nations with...

During carnival 2018, Brazilian mass media reported about a dramatic increase of crime and violence in Rio de Janeiro. Former President Michel Temer thereupon signed a decree that announced a federal intervention into Rio de Janeiro´s competence...

Despite the ambitious reforms executed from the 80’s aimed at increasing the political, fiscal and administrative independence of Colombia’s sub-national entities (municipalities and departments), there has been a reversal in the...

How much of the work of judges is known by the public varies considerably from country to country and even from court to court, in the same country. Institutional designs are highly diverse. Perhaps the most extreme case of publicity in courts is...

India has been struggling to regulate campaign finances for long. A more recent addition to the predicament is the phenomenon of ‘paid news’. Different institutions, the Election Commission of India (EC) and the judiciary being the most active...

This paper explores the engagement of the Supreme Court of India with various international instruments (binding and non-binding) to protect and promote the rights of women. While normally the type of legal system (monist or dualist) creates...