The Choice of Constitutional Amendments in a Young Democracy – From Indirect to Direct Election of the President in Taiwan

This paper attempts to determine the kind of constitutional rule preferred in a young democracy when an institutional opportunity for constitutional change occurs. It adopts the standpoint of collective decision-making. This approach involves two crucial theoretical elements: the calculation of the...

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Main Authors: Da-chi Liao, Hui-chih Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-04-01
Series:Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
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Online Access:http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/202