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Publications Joel Colon Rios

Books

  • (with Richard Albert) (eds) Quasi-Constitutionality and Constitutional Statutes Forms, Functions, Applications (Routledge, 2019) 284 pp.
  • La Constitucion de la Democracia [The Constitution of Democracy] (Bogota, Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2013) 406 pp.
  • Weak Constitutionalism: Democratic Legitimacy and the Question of Constituent Power (New York, Routledge, 2012) 214 pp SSRN.

          Chapters

          • "Judge-Made Constitutional Change" in X Contiades and A Fotiadou (eds) Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Change (Routledge, 2020).
          • "Judicial Review and the Democratic Judge" in Khurshid et al (eds) Judicial Review: Process, Powers, and Problems: Essays in Honour of Upendra Baxi (Cambridge University Press, 2020) pp 107-126.
          • "Primary Assemblies, Constituent Power, and the Imperative Mandate" in Hannah Lerner and David Landau (eds) Comparative Constitution Making (Edward Elgar, 2019). SSRN
          • "Guardianes de la Naturaleza" in La Naturaleza como Sujeto de Derechos en el Constitucionalismo Democrático (Estupiñán Achury et al eds.) (Bogotá: Universidad Libre, 2019) pp 207-226.
          • (with Richard Albert) "The Space Between Ordinary and Constitutional Law" in Richard Albert and Joel Colón-Ríos (eds) Quasi-Constitutionality and Constitutional Statutes Forms, Functions, Applications (Routledge, 2019).
          • "Multi-Stage Constitution-Making: From South Africa to Chile?" in Rosalind Dixon & Theunis Rioux (eds) Constitutional Triumphs, Constitutional Disappointments: A Critical Assessment of the 1996 South African Constitution's Local and International Influence (Cambridge University Press, 2018) pp 294-311.
          • "Deliberative Democracy and the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments" in Levy et al (eds) The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
          • "Theorising about Formal Constitutional Change: The Case of Latin America" in Jacobsohn & Schor (eds) Comparative Constitutional Theory (Edward Elgar, 2018).
          • "Constitutions, Drafting" in R Wofrum, F Lachenmann and R Grote (eds) Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL] (Oxford University Press, 2018).
          • "Experimentation and Regulation" in Susy Frankel and John Yeabsley (eds) Framing the Commons: Cross-Cutting Issues in Regulation (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2014) pp 94-111 SSRN.
          • "Notas sobre la Reforma Constitucional y Sus Limites" ["Notes on Constitutional Reform and its Limits"] in Juan Carlos Henao (ed) Dialogos Constitucionales de Colombia con el Mundo (Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2013) pp 383-402 SSRN.
          • (with Mark Bennett) "Public Participation in New Zealand's Regulatory Processes in Susy Frankel and Deborah Ryder (eds) Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2013) pp 181-264 SSRN.
          • "Los Peligros de la Reforma Constitucional [The Dangers of Constitutional Reform]" in Congreso Panameno de Derecho Procesal (Panama, 2012).
          • "Kelsen en Nueva Zelanda [Kelsen in New Zealand]" in Gonzalo Ramírez Cleves (ed) Sobre los Hombros de Kelsen: Ecos del Pensamiento de Kelsen en el Mundo [On the Shoulders of Kelsen: Echoes of Kelsen's Thought around the World] (Bogotá, Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2011) SSRN.
          • (with Mark Bennett) "Public Participation and Regulation" in Susy Frankel (ed) Learning from the Past, Adapting for the Future: Regulatory Reform in New Zealand (Lexis Nexis, Wellington, December 2011) pp 21-70 SSRN.
          • (with Martín Hevia) "Del la Redistribución al Reconocimiento [From Redistribution to Recognition]" in Roberto Gargarella & Marcelo Alegre (eds) El Derecho a la Igualdad: Aportes para un Constitucionalismo Igualitario (Vol II) ((Buenos Aires, Lexis Nexis, 2011) SSRN.
          • (with Martín Hevia) "El Nuevo y el Viejo Igualitarismo (The New and the Old Egalitarianism)" in Martín Hevia Filosofía Política y Derecho Privado—Fundamentos de la Responsabilidad Civil (México DF: Editorial Fontamara, 2011) pp 125-161.
          • "Kelsen en Nueva Zelanda [Kelsen in New Zealand]" in Gonzalo Ramírez Cleves (ed) Ecos de Kelsen: Estudios Sobre las Influencias de la Obra de Kelsen [Echoes of Kelsen’s: Studies on the Influence of Kelsen’s Work] (Bogotá, Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2011).
          • (with Martin Hevia) "The (Un)Rule of Law in Puerto Rico: A Republican Approach" in The Rule of Law: Transformatives Perspectives (India, ICFAI University Press, 2008).

          Journal articles

          • "Review of Eoin Daly’s Rousseau’s Constitutionalism: Austerity and Republican Freedom" (2019) 78(2) Cambridge Law Journal pp 471-474.
          • "On Albert’s Unconstitutional Constitutions" (2017) 50 Cornell International Law Journal 17.
          • "What is a Constitutional Transition?" (2017) 37(1) National Journal of Constitutional Law 43-66.
          • "Constituent Processes and Democratic Ruptures" (2016) 64 (2) American Journal of Comparative Law pp 505 SSRN.
          • "Rousseau, Theorist of Constituent Power" (2016) 36 (3) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies pp 1-24 SSRN.
          • "Democratizar a Puerto Rico" (2016) 85 Revista Jurídica UPR pp 857-882 SSRN.
          • "Apuntes sobre Legitimidad Democrática y Asambleas Constituyentes" [Notes about Democratic Legitimacy and Constituent Assemblies] (2015) 16 Revista Argentina de Teoría Jurídica pp 1-11 SSRN.
          • "The Rights of Nature and the New Latin American Constitutionalism" (2015) 13(1) New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law pp 107-114 SSRN.
          • "The Forms and Limits of Constitutional Change" (2015) 13(3) International Journal of Constitutional Law pp 567-574.
          • (co-authored with Allan Hutchinson) "Constitutionalising the Senate: A Modest Democratic Proposal" 2015 60(4) McGill Law Journal pp 599-622 SSRN.
          • "Constitutionalism and Democracy in Latin America" New Zealand Association for Comparative Law Yearbook Vol 20/CLJP/JDCP Vol 21 pp 155-168 SSRN.
          • "Constituent Power, the Rights of Nature, and Universal Jurisdiction" (2014) 60 McGill Law Journal pp 1-46 SSRN.
          • "A New Typology of Judicial Review of Legislation" (2014) 3(2) Global Constitutionalism 143-169 SSRN.
          • "Five Conceptions of Constituent Power" (2014) 130 Law Quarterly Review pp 306-336 SSRN.
          • "Beyond Parliamentary Sovereignty and Judicial Supremacy: The Doctrine of Implicit Limits to Constitutional Reform in Latin America" (2013) 44 (3/4) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 521-534 SSRN.
          • "Los Peligros de la Reforma Constitucional (Y Sus Limites) [The Dangers of Constitutional Reform (and its Limits)]" (2013) 1(3) Grado Cero pp 10-25.
          • "Teoria Constitucional de la Asamblea Constituyente [Constitutional Theory of the Constituent Assembly]" (2013) XLVII Revista Juridica Universidad Inter-Americana de Puerto Rico SSRN.
          • "The Counter-Majoritarian Difficulty and the Road Not Taken: Democratizing Amendment Rules" (2012) XXV, 1 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence pp 53-78.
          • "The Meaning of Majority in the Constitution of Niue" (2012) 17 New Zealand Association for Comparative Law Yearbook pp 27-32 SSRN.
          • "The Office of the Speaker and the Constitution of Niue: a Brief Comparative Analysis" (2012) 17 New Zealand Association for Comparative Law Yearbook pp 33-44 SSRN.
          • "A Reply to Professor Zoran Oklopcic" International Journal of Constitutional Law (Iconnect Blog) (2012).
          • "Can There Be a Democratic Coup d'Etat? A Response to Professor Ozan Varol" Harvard Journal of International Law (online symposium), 2, September (2012).
          • (with Allan C Hutchinson) "Democracy and Revolutions: An Enduring Relationship?" Denver University Law Review (2011–2012) pp 1-17 SSRN.
          • "Carl Schmitt and Constituent Power in Latin American Courts: The Cases of Colombia and Venezuela" (2011) 18(30 Constellations: An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory pp 365-388 SSRN.
          • "Las Opiniones 'Secretas' del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos: ¿El Fin del Debate sobre el Estatus? [The Secret Opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court: The End of the Status Debate?]" Claridad (August, 2011).
          • (with Allan C Hutchinson) "Democracy and Constitutional Change" (2011) 58 Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory pp 43-62 SSRN.
          • "New Zealand’s Constitutional Crisis" (2011) 24(30) New Zealand Universities Law Review pp 448-477 SSRN.
          • "Notes on Democracy and Constitution-Making" (2011) 9(1) New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law pp 17-41 SSRN.
          • "Law, Language, and Latin American Constitutions" (2011) 42(2) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 367-386.
          • "The Three Waves of the Constitutionalism-Democracy Debate in the United States (And an invitation to return to the First)" (2011) 18 Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution pp 1-37 SSRN.
          • (with Martín Hevia) "The Legal Status of Puerto Rico and the Institutional Requirements of Republicanism" Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy pp 1-27 SSRN.
          • (with Allan C Hutchinson) "Democracy and Constitutional Change" (2011) 58 Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory pp 50-72.
          • (with Allan C Hutchinson) "Constituciones Duraderas: Una Crítica Democrática [Enduring Constitutions: A Democratic Critique]" Anuario de Derecho Público (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, 2010) SSRN.
          • "De-constitutionalizing Democracy" (2010) 47 California Western Law Review pp 41-90 SSRN.
          • "The Legitimacy of the Juridical: Constituent Power, Democracy, and the Dilemmas of Constitutional Reform", (2010) 48 Osgoode Hall Law Journal pp 199 SSRN.
          • "The End of the Constitutionalism-Democracy Debate" (2010) 28 Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues pp 25-55 SSRN.
          • "The Second Dimension of Democracy: The People and their Constitution" (2009) 2(2) Baltic Journal of Law and Politics pp 1-30 SSRN.
          • (with Martín Hevia) "Review Essay: What Makes the Investment Rules Regime Undemocratic?" (2009) 10(8) German Law Journal pp 1309-1320.
          • "Pueden Haber Enmiendas Constitucionales Inconstitucionales? Una Breve Mirada al Derecho Comparado [Can there Be Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments? A Comparative Law Perspective]" (2008) 42 Rev Jur UIP pp 207-257 SSRN.
          • "Reconstituir a Puerto Rico [Re-Constituting Puerto Rico]" (2006) 67 Rev Col Abogados pp 109-153 SSRN.
          • (with Martin Hevia) "Contemporary Theories of Equality: A Critical Review" (2005) 74 Rev Jur UPR 131-171 SSRN.
          • (with Martin Hevia) "El Nuevo y El Viejo Igualitarismo [The New and the Old Egalitarianism]" (2005) 5 Revista de Ciencias Jurídicas ¿Más Derecho?.
          • "La Excepción de Orden Público en el Derecho Internacional Privado [The Public Order Exception in Private International Law]" (2002) 71 Rev Jur UPR pp 781-807 SSRN.

          Short articles and Book Reviews

          • "Enforcing the Decisions of 'The People': Review of Roznai's Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments" Constitutional Commentary (Winter 2018) pp 1-7.
          • "Book Review: The Legal Foundations of Inequality: Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776–1860" (2017) 15 (2) International Journal of Constitutional Law pp 563-566.
          • "Las Opiniones Secretas del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos: El Fin del Debate sobre el Estatus? [The Secret Opinions of the US Supreme Court: The End of the Status Debate?]" Claridad (August, 2011) pp 1-10 SSRN.
          • "Unas Preguntitas sobre el ELA Soberano [A Few Questions about the Sovereign Commonwealth]" Claridad (February 2010).
          • "Los Enredos del El ELA que Queremos (Y Cómo Evitarlos) [The Mistakes of the Commonwealth we Want (And How to Avoid Them)]" Claridad (February 2010).
          • (with Manuel Marqués Bonilla) "Soberanías Atrofiadas, Soberanía Plena [Withered Sovereignties, Full Sovereignty]" Claridad (March 12–18, 2009).
          • (with Manuel Marqués Bonilla) "Comentario a 'Elementos Fundamentales en la Educación sobre la Soberanía' de Angel Israel Rivera" [Response to Angel Israel Rivera's 'Fundamental Elements in the Education about Sovereignty] Claridad (April 30–May 6, 2009).

          Conference and oral presentations

          • "What is the Constitution of Puerto Rico?" ICON-S International Society of Public Law annual conference—"Courts, Power, Public Law" (Copenhagen, 7–9 July 2017).
          • "Democratic Developments in Latin America" at CELAO2016 Conference (Wellington, 7–9 December 2016).
          • "Rousseau and Constituent Power" at Australian Political Science Association Conference: The Politics of Justice and Rights: challenges and future directions, University of New South Wales (26–28 September 2016).
          • "Deliberative Democracy and the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments" at ALTA 2016 Advancing Better Government, Sustainable Economies, Vibrant Communities: Law's Role? (Wellington, 7–9 July 2016).
          • "Multi-Stage Constitution-Making: From South Africa to Chile", Symposium: Constitutional Triumphs, Constitutional Disappointments: A Critical Assessment of the 1996 South African Constitution’s Local and International Influence, University of New South Wales Faculty of Law (Sydney, April 2016).
          • "Legal Personality and the Whanganui River" Universidad Nacional (Colombia), via video conference (March 2016).
          • "Constituent Power and Constitution-Making" University of New South Wales Faculty of Law, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, and University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies (Sydney, August 2015).
          • "Rousseau, Theorist of Constituent Power" JSI Seminar Series, University of Sydney (Sydney, May, 2015).
          • "Constitutionalizing the Senate: A Modern Democratic Proposa" seminar Democracy, Federalism and the Rule of Law: The Implications of the Senate Reference (McGill University, Faculty of Law, January 2015).
          • "What is a Constitutional Transition?" Boston College Symposium on Constitution-Making and Constitutional Design (Boston, October, 2014).
          • "Law and the Environment" Seminar for Mapuche Leaders (Cañete, Chile) (September 2014).
          • "Constituent Assemblies in a Comparative Light" Universidad de Concepción, Chile (September 2014).
          • "A new typology of judicial review" Iconnect blog interview.
          • "A New Typology of Judicial Review of Legislation" Melbourne Law School Legal Theory Workshop (Melbourne, September, 2013).
          • Respondent "Limits to the Power to Amend the Constitution in Comparative Perspective" at International Symposium on Constitutonal Rights (Macquarie University, Melbourne, August, 2013).
          • "The Theory and Practice of the Rights of Nature" IUCN Academy Colloquium, University of Waikato (Hamilton, June, 2013).
          • "A New Typology of Judicial Review" Seminar at Law Faculty, Victoria University of Wellington (May, 2013).
          • "Constitutonal Reform and Constituent Power: A Latin American Perspective" at Constitutions of the Commonwealth Caribbean: Democratic Legitimacy and Constituent Power (Oxford Brookes University and Institute for the Study of the Americas, London, April, 2013).
          • "Experimentation and Regulation" at Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World (Wellington, April, 2013).
          • "Constituent Power and Self-Determination" at Universidad de Puerto Rico (February, 2013).
          • "Latin American Developments in Constitutionalism and Democracy" Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies 2012 Conference "Centring the Margins" (Wellington, July 2012).
          • "The Counter-Majoritarian Difficulty and the Road not Taken: Democratizing Amendment Rules" American Law and Society Association Conference 2012 (Honolulu, June 2012).
          • "The Dangers of Constitutional Reform" IX Congress, Colombia Institute of Procedural Law (Panama, August 2012).
          • "Towards the People's Constituent Assembly" 3er Congreso para la Fundacion de un Nuevo Pais, University of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico, September 2012).
          • "The Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments" Centre for for Constitutional Studies, Constitutional Court of Ecuador (Ecuador, August 2012).
          • (with Mark Bennett) "Public Participation in New Zealand's Regulatory Context" New Zealand Law Foundation Regulatory Reform Project Workshop (April 2012).
          • (with Mark Bennett) "Public Participation and Regulation: Environment and Network Industry examples" at New Zealand Law Foundation Regulatory Reform Workshop (Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, December, 2011).
          • "Notes on Constitutional Change and its Limits" at 20th Anniversary of the Colombian Political Constitution, Colombian Constitutional Court (Bogota, October, 2011).
          • Comment on Andrew Butler’s 'Mainstreaming the Bill of Rights' New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990—21st Birthday Celebration (Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington, 2011).
          • "New Zealand’s Constitutional Crisis" at New Zealand Public Law Roundtable, Auckland University (Auckland, June, 2011).
          • "Democratic Legitimacy and the New Zealand Constitution" Staff Seminar (Wellington, June 2011).
          • (with Mark Bennett) "Public Participation and Regulation" at New Zealand Law Foundation Regulatory Reform Project (Wellington, February, 2011).
          • "Democratic Legitimacy and the New Zealand Constitution" Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Association for Legal and Social Philosophy Meeting (2010).
          • "New Zealand's Constitutional Crisis" Critic and Conscience? 27th Annual Conference of the Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand (2010).
          • "Carl Schmitt and Constituent Power in Latin American Courts: The Cases of Venezuela and Colombia" Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Chicago (2010) and staff seminar at Victoria University of Wellington, Faculty of Law, Faculty Seminar (2010).
          • (with Mark Bennett) "Conceptions of Democracy in New Zealand Constitutional Thought" Faculty Seminar, Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington (2010).
          • Sovereignty in Times of Crisis, New Marxian Times Conference, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (2009).
          • "Law and Social Change in Latin America: A Brief Introduction" Seminar offered by invitation of the International Legal Partnership (ILP) at Osgoode Hall Law School (2009).
          • "Constitutional Law Panel (Faculty Discussant)" Annual Graduate Students’ Conference (Osgoode Hall Law School, 2009).
          • "The End of the Constitutionalism-Democracy Debate" 2nd Annual Conference of the Toronto Group for the Study of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law (University of Toronto, 2009).
          • "Constituent Power and Democratic Legitimacy" Graduate Research Seminar (Osgoode Hall Law School, 2008).
          • "Weak Constitutionalism and Constituent Power" Annual Graduate Students' Conference (Osgoode Hall Law School, 2008).
          • (with Amaya Alvez) "The Latin American Path to Constitutional Politics: Challenges to Western Constitutionalism from the Interior South" 1st Annual Graduate Students' Conference of the Toronto Group for the Study of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law (University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, 2008).
          • "Legitimacy and Judicial Review" Guest Speaker, Constitutional Theory (Allan C Hutchinson, Osgoode Hall Law School, Professional Development Program (2007).
          • (with Martin Hevia) "The (Un)Rule of Law in Puerto Rico: A Republican Approach" Latin American Studies Graduate Students' Conference (Cornell University, 2006).
          • "Beyond the Legal: An Inquiry into the Politics of Rights" Graduate Seminar (University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, 2004).
          • "Derecho y Sexualidad [Law and Sexuality]" Graduate Program in Public Health Education (University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, 2002).
          • "Estructura Organizacional del Gobierno de Puerto Rico" [Organizational Structure of the Government of Puerto Rico] Presentation and Round Table Discussion (University of Havana, Faculty of Law, 2001).