Assessing constitutional performance / edited by Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago; Aziz Huq, University of Chicago

Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Physical Description: xiii, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators: Ginsburg, Tom and Huq, Aziz Z.

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Comparative constitutional law and policy

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 constitutionn of Kenya 2010 fie 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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9781107154797 (hardback)
1107154790 (hardback)
9781316608357 (paperback)
1316608352 (paperback)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-420) and index.

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