Constitution-Making under UN Auspices

Post 1960, all colonies enjoyed the right to sculpt their own constitutions without international assistance. Yet, from 1960-2018, over poor 40 sovereign states have adopted with United Nations Constitutional Assistance (UNCA) the Western liberal constitution. Why? A comprehensive study on UNCA, this book shows that based on the UN's official statements, UNCA works ostensibly to 'modernize' poor states. However, this results in an investor-friendly environment that largely benefits powerful transnational interests, only to secure debt-relief. Thus, political control that they experienced when they were colonies, continues in this post-colonial era. List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Foreword by Soli J. Sorabjee; Preface; Acknowledgements ; Part I;

1. United Nations Constitutional Assistance: A Significant but Uncharted Field;

2. The Good Constitution's Internationalized Making Sired Foreign Territorial Administration: The Historical Context;

3. Internationalizing the Good Constitution: To Settle Disputes and Civilize;

4. The Good Constitution's Internationalized Making: Rise, Rejection, and Revival; Part II;

5. United Nations Constitutional Assistance (UNCA)'s Rise: Post-1989;

6. United Nations Constitutional Assistance [UNCA]: An 'institution';

7. How Does the UN Justify Offering Constitutional Assistance? A 'Purposive Analysis';

8. United Nations Constitutional Assistance (UNCA): A Mechanism to Implement International Law and Policy;

9. UNCA Continues Its Civilizing Role;

10. United Nations Constitutional Assistance (UNCA): Legitimation in the Post-colonial Era; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author $ $ $ https://global.oup.com/academic/covers/pop-up/9780199498024 $ Public international law; Constitutional & administrative law