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Social and political foundations of constitutions / edited by Denis J. Galligan, University of Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies; Mila Versteeg, University of Virginia School of Law.

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"This volume analyses the social and political forces that influence constitutions and the process of constitution making. It combines theoretical perspectives on the social and political foundations of constitutions with a range of detailed case studies of constitution making in nineteen diffe...

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Other Authors: Galligan, D. J. (Denis James), 1947- (Editor), Versteeg, Mila, 1983- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Series:Comparative constitutional law and policy.
Subjects:
Constitutional law > Social aspects.
Constitutional law > Political aspects.
Constitutions.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Theoretical perspectives on the social and political foundations of constitutions / Denis Galligan and Mila Versteeg
  • Part II. Theoretical Perspectives
  • Why a constitution? / Russell Hardin
  • Constitutions as mission statements / Jeff King
  • Transnational constitutionalism : a conceptual framework / Benedikt Goderis and Mila Versteeg
  • The people, the constitution, and the idea of representation / Denis J. Galligan
  • The strategic foundations of constitutions / Ran Hirschl
  • Constitutions as contract, constitutions as charters / Tom Ginsburg
  • Part III. Case Studies
  • Accidental constitutionalism : the political foundations and implications of Constitution making in Israel / Adam Shinar
  • The myth of imposed constitutionalism / David S. Law
  • Social, political, and philosophical foundations of the Irish constitutional order / Paul Brady
  • South Sudan's dualistic constitution / Kevin L. Cope
  • New Zealand : abandoning Westminster? / David Erdos
  • The juristic republic of Iran / Binesh Hass
  • Neo-Bolivarian constitutional design : comparing the 1999 Venezuelan, 2008 Ecuadorian, and 2009 Bolivian constitutions / Phoebe King
  • The constitution as agreement to agree : the social and political foundations (and effects) of the 1971 Egyptian constitution / Clark Lombardi.
  • Explaining the constitutionalization of social rights : Portuguese hypotheses and a cross national test / Pedro Magalhães
  • Popular constitution making : the case of Iceland / Anne Meuwese
  • Romania's transnational constitution : a tradition of elite learning and self-empowerment / Christina Parau
  • The social and political foundations of the Nigerian constitution / Charles H. Parkinson
  • The once and future democracy : Argentina at the bar of constitutionalism / Miguel Schor
  • Battle between law and society in Micronesia / Brian Z. Tamanaha
  • Constitutionalism of shallow foundations : the case of Bulgaria / Daniel Smilov
  • The shifting foundations of the European Union constitution / Neil Walker.

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