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constitutional hardball: a standalone construct

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Comparative politics

political claims and practices that stay within formal constitutional law but strain unwritten understandings, used by one side to entrench its position.

In comparative politics, constitutional hardball refers to political claims and practices that stay within formal constitutional law but strain unwritten understandings, used by one side to entrench its position. This meaning comes from Tushnet (2003) in Constitutional Hardball.[1]

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References

Tushnet, M. V. (2003). Constitutional Hardball. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.451960

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