William Partlett

Russia’s non-transformative constitutional founding

W Partlett, M Krasnov

Journal article  |  2019  |  European Constitutional Law Review

The founding of Russia’s 1993 Constitution undermined its transformative potential – The use of pre-existing Soviet legality durin..

Criminal Law and Cooperative Federalism

William Partlett

Journal article  |  2019  |  American Criminal Law Review

Cooperative federalism is now commonplace in the prosecution of street-level drug and gun crime in the United States. This Article..

The Foundations of Democratic Dualism: Why Constitutional Politics and Ordinary Politics are Different

William Partlett, Zim Nwokora

Journal article  |  2019  |  Constellations

Formal constitution-making is now an increasingly common phenomenon. But how should we understand the politics of constitutional l..

David Cameron's Critical Mistake: Brexit as Constitutional Politics

William Partlett, Zim Nwokora

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2019

In the ongoing drama of Brexit politics, it can be hard to know where to start with an evaluation. In this post, we want to assess..

Postsovetskoe superpresidentstvo [Post-Soviet Super-Presidentialism]

William Partlett

Journal article  |  2018  |  Sravnitel noe konstitucionnoe obozrenie

This article will examine an undertheorized, fourth type of formal constitutional design: Super-presidentialism. Super-presidentia..

Does It Matter That Strikes Against Syria Violate International Law?

William Partlett

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2018

The air strikes in Syria by the US, UK and France after suspected chemical weapon attacks on civilians violate the UN Charter and ..

The Historical Roots of Socialist Law

William Partlett

Book Chapter  |  2018

This chapter explores the importance of history to socialist law. It describes how the ultimately triumphant Leninist version of s..

Socialist Law in Socialist East Asia

Hualing Fu, John Gillespie, Pip Nicholson, William Partlett

Book  |  2018

A fresh perspective on socialist law as practiced in China and Vietnam, two major socialist states.

Socialist Law in Socialist East Asia

Hualing Fu, John Gillespie, Pip Nicholson, William Partlett

Book Chapter  |  2018

Since China's reform and opening up started in 1978 and Vietnam's Doi moi reforms were initiated in 1986, these two East Asian eco..

The American Tradition of Constituent Power

William Partlett

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Journal of Constitutional Law

How do “the people” exercise their revolutionary right to replace the existing constitutional order? The conventional answer is th..