Contents

1 Introduction: Mapping the Emerging Field of Constitutional

Advice.............................................................................................................

Jurgen de Poorter, Gerhard van der Schyff, Maarten Stremler and Maartje De Visser

2 Some Advice on Constitutional Advice.................................................... 13

Tom Ginsburg

3 Do We Need Constitutional Advice? Denmark—The Story

of a Self-Sufficient Political System........................................................... 31

Pernille Boye Koch

4 Constitutional Advice and Signals in the Netherlands: Actors

and Impact................................................................................................... 53

Paul van Sasse van Ysselt

5 The Council of State of Belgium: Advising the Political

Branches, and the Constitutional Court................................................... 83

Toon Moonen

6 Advising on Constitutional Matters in a Mixed Legal System:

The Example of Cyprus............................................................................. 103

Constantinos Kombos

7 Understanding the Dilemma of Constitutional Advice

in Transitional Societies: A Comparative Analysis of Ghana and Colombia 129

Marian Yankson-Mensah and Marialejandra Moreno Mantilla

8 Openness of Constitutional Review: A Comparative Analysis of How Transparency is Ensured in Ex Ante Constitutional

Review........................................................................................................ 155

Maija Dahlberg

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9 Constitutional Reasoning There and Back Again: The

Facebook Oversight Board as a Source of Transnational Constitutional Advice............................................................................................................................. 197

Matija Milos and Toni Pelic

10 Advisory Opinions of the Dutch Council of State

as Contributions to a Constitutional Dialogue....................................... 225

Mentko Nap

11 Courts as Consiglieri: Advisory Opinions in a Comparative

Constitutional Perspective....................................................................... 245

Willem Mingelen and Jerfi Uzman