Assessing constitutional performance /

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Imprint:	New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Description:	xiii, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Comparative constitutional law and policy Comparative constitutional law and policy.
Subject:	Constitutional law. Constitutional history. Comparative law. Comparative law. Constitutional history. Constitutional law.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10880612

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Other authors / contributors:	Ginsburg, Tom, editor. Huq, Aziz Z., editor.
ISBN:	9781107154797 1107154790 9781316608357 1316608352
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-420) and index.
Summary:	"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 across the board? Or is the choice of criteria entirely idiosyncratic? This edited volume takes on the idea of constitutional success and shows the manifold ways in which it can be understood. It collects essays from philosophers, political scientists, political scientists, empiricists, and legal scholars, that approach the definition of constitutional success from many different angles. It also brings together case studies from Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia. By exploring a varied array of constitutional histories, this book shows how complex ideas of 'constitutional success' play out differently in different contexts and provides examples of how "success" can be differently defined under different circumstances"--

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 / Hélène 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.

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