Colonial Past and Constitutional Momentum: The Case of Iceland

In June 2010, nearly two years after the world-wide financial crisis of 2008 hit Iceland, the Icelandic Parliament passed an act on a Constitutional Assembly. Even if no one has succeeded to show any direct connections between the financial crisis and the provisions and the function of the constitut...

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Main Author: Ágúst Þór Árnason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Akureyri 2013-06-01
Series:Nordicum-Mediterraneum
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Online Access:http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/vol-8-no-2-2013/58-conference-paper/425-colonial-past-and-constitutional-momentum-the-case-of-iceland