Constituent assemblies / edited by Jon Elster [and three others].
2018
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Constituent assemblies / edited by Jon Elster [and three others].
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Description
1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Comparative constitutional law and policy.
Formatted Contents Note
Constitution-making in the context of plural societies : the "accumulation strategy" / Roberto Gargarella
Constituent assemblies in democratic constitution orders : the problem of a legally limited convention / Gabriel L. Negretto
Constituent assemblies and political continuity in divided societies / Hanna Lerner
Constituent assembly failure in Pakistan and Nepal / Mara Malagodi
Precautions in a democratic experiment : the nexus between political power and competence / Udit Bhatia
A race against time : the making of the Norwegian constitution of 1814 / Jon Elster
Chain of legitimacy : constitution-making in Iceland / Thorvaldur Gylfason
Constitution-making and legislative involvement in government formation / Cristina Bucur, José Antonio Cheibub, Shane Martin and Bjørn Erik Rasch
The political psychology of constitution-making / Jon Elster.
Constituent assemblies in democratic constitution orders : the problem of a legally limited convention / Gabriel L. Negretto
Constituent assemblies and political continuity in divided societies / Hanna Lerner
Constituent assembly failure in Pakistan and Nepal / Mara Malagodi
Precautions in a democratic experiment : the nexus between political power and competence / Udit Bhatia
A race against time : the making of the Norwegian constitution of 1814 / Jon Elster
Chain of legitimacy : constitution-making in Iceland / Thorvaldur Gylfason
Constitution-making and legislative involvement in government formation / Cristina Bucur, José Antonio Cheibub, Shane Martin and Bjørn Erik Rasch
The political psychology of constitution-making / Jon Elster.
Summary
Comparative constitutional law has a long pedigree, but the comparative study of constitution-making has emerged and taken form only in the last quarter-century. While much of the initial impetus came from the study of the American and French constituent assemblies in the late eighteenth century, this volume exemplifies the large comparative scope of current research. The contributors discuss constituent assemblies in South East Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, Latin America, and in Nordic countries. Among the new insights they provide is a better understanding of how constituent assemblies may fail, either by not producing a document at all or by adopting a constitution that fails to serve as a neutral framework for ordinary politics. In a theoretical afterword, Jon Elster, an inspirational thinker on the current topic, offers an analysis of the micro-foundations of constitution-making, with special emphasis on the role of crises-generated passions.
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9781316998748 ebook
9781108427524 hardback
9781108446273 paperback
9781108427524 hardback
9781108446273 paperback
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