Professor Joel Colón-Ríos
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872175
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Location
4SB.6.17, Colchester Campus
Profile
Qualifications
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PhD Law York University,
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LLM Law University of Toronto,
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Juris Doctor University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras,
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BA Political Science University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras,
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Public Law (LW103)
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Comparative Law (LW205)
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Public Law in Context: Past, Present and Future (LW209)
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Final Year Research Project (LW304)
Publications
Journal articles (60)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2023). Introduction: seven theses on the constituent power. Journal of Legal Philosophy. 48 (1), 38-43
Velasco-Rivera, M. and Colón-Ríos, JI., (2023). On the legal implications of a ‘permanent’ constituent power. Global Constitutionalism. 12 (2), 269-297
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2022). El estado del derecho constitucional comparado: ¿para qué son las constituciones?. Díkaion. 31 (2), 1-27
Colón-Ríos, J. and Roznai, Y., (2022). A CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY OF TERRITORIALITY: THE CASE OF PUERTO RICO. Cleveland State Law Review. 70 (2), 279-334
Colón-Ríos, J., (2021). El poder de una Asamblea Constituyente: reflexiones acerca de la Constitución de 1991 y su artículo 376. Revista Derecho del Estado (50), 77-98
Colón-Ríos, JI., Hausteiner, EM., Lokdam, H., Pasquino, P., Rubinelli, L. and Selinger, W., (2021). Constituent power and its institutions. Contemporary Political Theory. 20 (4), 926-956
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2021). CONSTITUENT POWER AND THE LAW REPLY TO CRITICS. Etica e Politica. 23 (3), 293-313
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2021). Constitutional experimentation. International Journal of Constitutional Law
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2021). Of Omnipotent Things. Connecticut law review. 52 (5), 1335-1356
Colón-Ríos, J., (2020). Arato’s Adventures: between sovereignty and constituent power. Revus. 41 (41), 1-16
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2019). Review of Eoin Daly's Rousseau's Constitutionalism: Austerity and Republican Freedom
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2017). Book Review: The Legal Foundations of Inequality: Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2016). Constituent Processes and Democratic Ruptures. American Journal of Comparative Law. 64 (2), 505-511
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2016). La Excepción De Orden Público En El Derecho Internacional Privado (The Public Order Exception in Private International Law)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2016). Democratizar a Puerto Rico (Democratising Puerto Rico)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2016). Rousseau, Theorist of Constituent Power. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 36 (4), 885-908
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2016). What Is a Constitutional Transition
(2015). The Search for Environmental Justice
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2015). The Rights of Nature and the New Latin American Constitutionalism
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2015). Constitutionalism and Democracy in Latin America
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2015). Apuntes Sobre Legitimidad Democrática y Asambleas Constituyentes (Notes about Democratic Legitimacy and Constituent Assemblies). Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper (97)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2015). The Forms and Limits of Constitutional Amendments
Colon-Rios, J., (2015). Introduction: The forms and limits of constitutional amendments. International Journal of Constitutional Law. 13 (3), 567-574
Colón-Ríos, JI. and Hutchinson, A., (2015). Constitutionalising the Senate: A Modest Democratic Proposal. Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper (96)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2014). A New Typology of Judicial Review of Legislation
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2014). Naturaleza, Legitimación Activa, Y El Río Whanganui (Nature, Standing, and the Whanganui River)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2014). Experimentation and Regulation
COLÓN-RÍOS, JI., (2014). A new typology of judicial review of legislation. Global Constitutionalism. 3 (2), 143-169
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2014). Constituent Power, the Rights of Nature, and Universal Jurisdiction. McGill Law Journal. 60
Colon-Rios, J., (2013). Beyond Parliamentary Sovereignty and Judicial Supremacy: The Doctrine of Implicit Limits to Constitutional Reform in Latin America. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review. 44 (3/4), 521-534
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2013). TEORÍA CONSTITUCIONAL Y ASAMBLEA CONSTITUYENTE (Constitutional Theory and Constituent Assemblies)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2013). Notas Sobre La Reforma Constitucional Y Sus Límites (Notes on the Amending Power and its Limits)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2013). Five Conceptions of Constituent Power
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2012). Chapter 1 - Weak Constitutionalism: Democratic Legitimacy and the Question of Constituent Power
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2012). The Meaning of Majority in the Constitution of Niue. Yearbook of the New Zealand Association for Comparative Law. 17
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2012). The Office of the Speaker and the Constitution of Niue: A Brief Comparative Analysis. Yearbook of the New Zealand Association for Comparative Law. 17
Bennett, MJ. and Colón-Ríos, JI., (2012). Public Participation in New Zealand's Regulatory Processes
Colon-Rios, J. and Hutchinson, AC., (2012). Democracy and revolution: An enduring relationship?. Denver University Law Review. 89 (3), 593-610
Colón Ríos, JI., (2012). The Counter-Majoritarian Difficulty and the Road not Taken: Democratizing Amendment Rules. Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence. 25 (1), 53-78
Colon-Rios, J., (2011). Law, Language and Latin American Constitutions. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review. 42 (2), 367-386
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2011). Kelsen in New Zealand (in Spanish)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2011). Notes on Democracy and Constitution-Making. New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law. 9 (1)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2011). 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?)
Colón-Ríos, JI. and Hevia, M., (2011). From Redistribution to Recognition
Bennett, MJ. and Colón-Ríos, JI., (2011). Public Participation and Regulation
Hutchinson, A. and Colón-Ríos, JI., (2011). Constituciones Duraderas – Una Crítica Democrática (Enduring Constitutions – A Democratic Critique). Anuario de Derecho Público (1)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2011). De-Constitutionalizing Democracy. California Western Law Review. 47 (1)
Hutchinson, AC. and Colón-Ríos, J., (2011). Democracy and Constitutional Change. Theoria. 58 (127), 43-62
Colón‐Ríos, JI., (2011). Carl Schmitt and Constituent Power in Latin American Courts: The Cases of Venezuela and Colombia. Constellations. 18 (3), 365-388
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2010). New Zealand’s Constitutional Crisis. New Zealand Universities Law Review, Vol. 24. (3)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2010). The Legitimacy of the Juridical: Constituent Power, Democracy, and the Limits of Constitutional Reform. Osgoode Hall Law Journal. 48, 199-199
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2009). The Second Dimension of Democracy: The People and Their Constitution. Baltic Journal of Law and Politics. 2 (2)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2009). The Three Waves of the Constitutionalism-Democracy Debate in the United States: (And an Invitation to Return to the First). Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution. 18, 1-1
Hevia, M. and Colón-Ríos, JI., (2009). Contemporary Theories of Equality: A Critical Review. Revista Juridica Universidad de Puerto Rico. 74, 131-131
Colón-Ríos, JI. and Hevia, M., (2009). Review Essay: What Makes the International Investment Rules Regime Undemocratic?. German Law Journal. 10 (8), 1309-1320
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2009). The End of the Constitutionalism-Democracy Debate. Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues. 28
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2008). ¿Pueden Haber Enmiendas Constitucionales Inconstitucionales? Una Mirada Al Derecho Comparado (Can There Be Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments? A Comparative Perspective). Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper (95)
Hevia, M. and Colón-Ríos, JI., (2008). The Legal Status of Puerto Rico and the Institutional Requirements of Republicanism
Hutchinson, A. and Colón-Ríos, JI., (2007). What's Democracy Got to Do With It? A Critique of Liberal Constitutionalism. CLPE Research Paper (29)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2006). Re-Constituting Puerto Rico. Revista del Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico. 67
Books (5)
Kay, R. and Colón-Ríos, J., (2022). Adjudicating Revolution. Edward Elgar Publishing. 9781788971324
Colon-Rios, JI., (2020). Constituent Power and the Law. Oxford University Press. 0198785984. 9780198785989
(2019). Quasi-Constitutionality and Constitutional Statutes. Routledge. 9780815385349
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2013). La constitución de la democracia. U. Externado de Colombia. 9587720539. 9789587720532
Colón-Ríos, J., (2012). Weak Constitutionalism. Routledge. 9781136319273
Book chapters (9)
Colon-Rios, J. and Velasco-Rivera, M., (2023). The Material Constitution in Latin American Courts. In: The Cambridge Handbook of the Material Constitution. Editors: Goldoni, M. and Wilkinson, M., . Cambridge University Press
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2021). Judicial Review and the Democratic Judge. In: Judicial Review. Cambridge University Press. 107- 126
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2020). The constitution of puerto rico. In: The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions. Oxford University Press. 391- 418. 9780198793045
Colon-Rios, J., (2019). Constituent power, primary assemblies, and the imperative mandate. In: Comparative Constitution Making. Edward Elgar Publishing. 90- 116. 9781785365256
Colón-Ríos, J., (2018). Deliberative Democracy and the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments. In: The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism. Cambridge University Press. 271- 281. 9781108418201
Colón-Ríos, J., (2018). Multi-Stage Constitution-Making: From South Africa to Chile?. In: Constitutional Triumphs, Constitutional Disappointments. Cambridge University Press. 294- 311. 9781108415330
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2018). Theorising about formal constitutional change: The case of Latin America. In: Comparative Constitutional Theory. 354- 371. 9781784719128
Colón-Ríos, J., (2017). Constitution making and constituent power. In: Comparative Constitutional Law in Latin America. Edward Elgar Publishing. 57- 86. 9781785369209
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2015). On the theory and practice of the rights of nature. In: The Search for Environmental Justice. Edward Elgar Publishing. 120- 134. 9781784719418
Reports and Papers (3)
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2022). The State of Comparative Constitutional Law: A Democratic Critique
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2021). Constituent Power and Referenda
Colón-Ríos, JI., (2021). El poder de una Asamblea Constituyente: reflexiones acerca de la Constitución de 1991 y su artículo 376 (The Power of a Constituent Assembly: Reflections on the Constitution of 1991 and its Article 376)
