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La VIe République est une revendication quasi concomitante à la mise en place de la constitution du 4 octobre 1958. Depuis cette date, le projet d ’une révision radicale des institutions n 'a cessé de prospérer dans toutes les formations de l’échiquier politique, à droite comme à gauche, amenant successivement la plupart des leaders politiques à afficher, à titre individuel ou partisan, leurs intentions. Les candidats aux présidentielles 2007 ont été sommés de prendre position et d’avancer des propositions, qu’elles soient réformistes ou de rupture. Le débat institutionnel devrait ainsi, selon les commentateurs, être au cœur des prochaines campagnes électorales. Cette émulation de la créativité constitutionnelle, sous les sunlights des médias, n’a guère amélioré la lisibilité des modèles proposés et elle n’a pas davantage permis de dégager un consensus dans la société française sur le vent des réformes souhaitables et souhaitées. C’est donc dans ce contexte d’affaiblissement des institutions de la Ve République, qu’Henry Roussillon et Stéphane Mouton ont eu la très heureuse et opportune idée d’organiser, en avril 2006, un colloque sur “Demain, la VIe République ?” ce qui a permis de dégager, entre les participants, un certain nombre de convergence : une lecture très critique des institutions de la Ve République, l’appel à un changement profond du régime et du système politiques à défaut de justifier le changement de numérotation de la République, la nécessité de ramener le Président de la République au strict rôle arbitral qu’il n’aurait jamais dû cesser d’exercer, enfin le constat que nul ne prétend changer la politique en changeant de constitution. En même temps, quelques lignes de tension ont discrètement sous-tendu les interventions : tensions entre expertise technique et démocratie : la place du savoir expert et la place du citoyen profane ; tensions entre réforme institutionnelle et révolution conceptuelle : ce que l’ingénierie constitutionnelle sait…

Law --- démocratie --- Constitution --- législation --- réforme

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This book argues for the existence of a court enforceable human right to water that is implied from the right to life in Article 6 of the Namibian Constitution.The book builds this argument by using tools of constitutional interpretation and with the aid of comparative materials. As such, the African value of ubuntu is invoked. Ubuntu – which is legally developed through its four key principles of community, interdependence, dignity and solidarity – is anchored in a novel approach to Namibian constitutional interpretation that is conceptualised as ‘re-invigorative constitutionalism’. The book advances the ‘AQuA’ (adequacy – quality – accessibility) content of water and articulates the correlative duties within the context of the respect – protect – fulfil trilogy, which are duties imposed upon the Namibian state as the primary duty bearer for a right to water. These duties include irreducible essential content duties that are argued to be immediate when compared to general obligations. In giving substance to duties that flow from a right to water, international law interpretative resources are also relied upon, including General Comment No 15 by the United Nations Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights, the African Commission’s Principles and Guidelines on Social and Economic Rights, and the World Health Organisation’s Drinking-water Quality Guidelines. Moreover, the book addresses various justiciability concerns that may arise, arguing that Namibian courts are institutionally competent and legitimate in enforcing right to water claims through the application of the bounded deliberation model. Additionally, because the Principles of State Policy in Article 95 of the Namibian Constitution are rendered court unenforceable by Article 101, the argument is made that this does not undermine the claim that a right to water, anchored in the right to life, can be enforced through the courts.

human rights --- ubuntu --- Constitution --- Namibia

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The accelerating rate at which new materials are appearing, and transforming the engineering world, only serves to emphasize the vast potential for novel material structure and related performance. Microstructure Sensitive Design for Performance Optimization (MSDPO) embodies a new methodology for systematic design of material microstructure to meet the requirements of design in optimal ways. Intended for materials engineers and researchers in industry, government and academia as well as upper level undergraduate and graduate students studying material science and engine

Microstructure. --- Materials --- Matter --- Morphology --- Micromechanics --- Stereology --- Constitution

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Temperament. --- Psychology --- Human beings --- Personality --- Constitution

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"Constitutional Amendment in Canada is the first volume to focus solely on the implications of the amending formula in Canada. Emmett Macfarlane has brought together a group of expert authors to address such topics as the difficulties of constitutional reform, the intersection of various levels of government and the judiciary, and the ability of the public to veto proposed changes. Filling a serious gap in the literature, Constitutional Amendment in Canada is an authoritative study of the historical and contemporary implications of the amending formula."-- "In Canada, the 1982 Constitution Act contains the amending formula, which outlines a set of procedures required to make changes to the constitution. Recent debates over Senate reform, the status of the Supreme Court of Canada, and the rules governing royal succession have highlighted how important the amending formula is in maintaining the vitality and relevance of the governing system."--

Constitutional amendments --- Canada. --- Constitution Act, 1982 (Canada)