Assessing constitutional performance /

"From London to Libya, from Istanbul to Iceland, there is great interest among comparative constitutional scholars and practitioners about when a proposed constitution is likely to succeed. But what does it mean for a constitution to succeed? Are there universal criteria of success, which apply...

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Other Authors: Ginsburg, Tom, Huq, Aziz Z.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016
Series:Comparative constitutional law and policy
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Table of Contents:
  • Assessing constitutional performance / Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Z. Huq
  • Hippocratic constitutional design / Aziz Z. Huq
  • What is a good constitution? Assessing the constitutional proposal in the Icelandic experiment / Helene Landemore
  • When is a constitution doing well? The Alberdian test in the Americas / Roberto Gargarella
  • Parties and constitutional performance / Martin Shapiro - Constitutional performance in transitions from military to civilian rule / Ozan O. Varol
  • Constitutional permissiveness, constitutional restrictiveness, and religious freedom / Hanna Lerner
  • Performance of constitutions : transitional provisions / Sumit Bisarya
  • Time and constitutional efficacy / Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg and James Melton
  • Competitive democracy and the constitutional minimum core / Rosalind Dixon and David Landau
  • Ambedkar's constitution : promoting inclusion, opposing majority tyranny / Martha C. Nussbaum
  • Assessing the constitution of Kenya 2010 five years later / James Thuo Gathii
  • The Arab Spring constitutions : for whose benefit? / Zaid Al-Ali
  • Stability in flexibility : a British lens on constitutional success / Erin F. Delaney