Constitution and National Pact in Lebanon. A Politic and Constitutional Reflection

Authors

  • Borja Wladimiro Gonzalez Fernandez

Keywords:

Lebanon, Constitution, National Pact, Confessionalism, Customary Constitution

Abstract

Frequently identified as a failed state, Lebanon has, nonetheless, been able to preserve a surprising institutional stability throughout its eighty-year long history as an independent state, which stands in stark contrast to the frequent régime changes and several constitutional norms adopted by its Arab neighbors. This paper underlines how that stability plunges its roots in a peculiar political system where written law and constitutional tradition are so intimately and inseparably linked as to be incomprehensible in isolation. It will be thus concluded that the Lebanese historical constitution, endowed with an undeniable Anglo-Saxon flavor, can be properly classified, following Lombardi, as a structural norm.

Enviado el (Submission Date): 20/05/2023

Aceptado el (Acceptance Date): 27/06/2023

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Published

2024-09-03

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 25 (2024): Historia Constitucional N. 25 (2024)

Section

Europe, United States and Asia

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