00739nam a2200085Ia 4500100002700000245007200027260000900099520052600108583001900634  aMC INTOSH, Simeon C.R.  aConstitutional reform and the quest for a West Indian hermeneutics.  c1997  aUses the Terms of Reference of the Barbados Constitution Review Commission to offer a philosophical critique of constitutional reform in the Commonwealth Caribbean.  Discusses such issues as the patriation of the constitution, the Caribbean's continued relationship with the British Monarchy, and the possible restructuring of parliament.  Provides a prescription for re-writing the constitutional texts.  Presents a case for a Caribbean Court of Appeal, on the premise that this is critical to Caribbean self-definition.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR