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The Icelandic Federalist Papers

This essay series is modeled on the U.S. Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers.The essays evaluate and compare the existing and proposed new constitution of Iceland. The authors analyze arguments for or against the proposed new constitution, with each essay focusing on specific aspects of the draft charter. These essays are written by a global group of leading scholars, and all are published under the name "Civis." The series is jointly published by the Institute of Governmental Studies and the California Constitution Center at the University of California, Berkeley.

There are 21 publications in this collection, published between 2017 and 2018.

California Constitution Center: No. 21: Althingi Must Act on the New Constitution, 2018

California Constitution Center: No. 20: Right to Information and Freedom of Expression, 2018

California Constitution Center: No. 19: The Lack of Protections for the Criminally Accused, 2018

California Constitution Center: No. 18: Electing and Removing the President, 2018

California Constitution Center: No. 17: One Person, One Vote, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 16: The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 15: Natural Resources as Human Rights, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 14: Convention and the Power of Amendment, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 2: Other Defects of the Present Confederation, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 3: On the Proposed Icelandic Constitution's Environmental Rights, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 1: Introduction, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 13: Separation of Powers, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 12: Constitutional Amendments, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 11: Freedom of Religion, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 10: Judicial Independence (continued), 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 9: Judicial Independence, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 4: On Republics and the Strength of the Union, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 8: Other Defects of the Present Constitution (continued), 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 7: Homogeneity, Heterogeneity, and the Constitutional Project, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 6: On the Duty of the Icelandic Parliament to Approve the Constitution Prepared and Voted by the People, 2017

California Constitution Center: No. 5: On the Frequency of Elections, 2017

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