Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

The Washington Post recently declared that Latin America was experiencing revolution by constitution.

On January 25th Bolivia became the latest of ten Latin American countries to approve new constitutions since the 1980s. Bolivia's president Evo Morales hailed the passing of the constitution as the end of colonial rule in the country. And Britain's Guardian described it as a watershed for South America that will empower the indigenous majority and roll back half a millennium of colonialism, discrimination and humiliation.

Ideas talks to:

George Mason University anthropologist and human rights lawyer Mark Goodale about the Bolivian constitution and its implications for the country and the world.

Maori lawyer and constitutional expert Moana Jackson shares his impressions of Evo Morales - who he met at the UN in New York - and discusses the new Bolivian constitution and what a truly indigenous inspired constitution might look like.

Pakeha lawyer and constitutional expert Matthew Palmer talks about his recent book The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's Law and Constitution and his proposals to formally incorporate the Treaty of Waitangi into law and the establishment of a Treaty of Waitangi Court.

Links:

Mark Goodale
Moana Jackson's Wikipedia page
The Treaty of Waitangi in New Law and Constitution