The world has seen many new constitutions promising social rights and adopting innovative representative institutions. This book presents examples from the United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia that show these constitutions face many challenges, especially the rise of authoritarian regimes that endanger the rule of law.
The world has seen many new constitutions promising social rights and adopting innovative representative institutions. This book presents examples from the United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia that show these constitutions face many challenges, especially the rise of authoritarian regimes that endanger the rule of law.
Rogers M. Smith is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author or coauthor of eight books, most recently That Is Not Who We Are! Populism and Peoplehood. Richard R. Beeman (1942-2016) was the John Welsch Centennial Professor History, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the author of eight books including Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776.
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Introduction Rogers M. Smith and Richard R. Beeman Part I. The Example of American Constitutionalism Chapter 1. Is the Influence of the U.S. Constitution Declining? David S. Law and Mila Versteeg Chapter 2. Is the U.S. Constitution Sufficiently Democratic? How Would We Know and Do We Really Care? Sanford Levinson Chapter 3. State Constitutional Details and America's Positive Rights Emily Zackin Part II. Global Patterns and Problems in Modern Constitution-Making Chapter 4. Dignity, Rights, and the Comparative Method Christopher McCrudden Chapter 5. Beyond Window Dressing: Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes Tom Ginsburg Chapter 6. Unconstitutional Constituent Power Kim Lane Scheppele Chapter 7. Communist Federations Valerie Bunce Chapter 8. Constitutional Moments and the Paradox of Constitutionalism in Multinational Democracies (Spain, 2006-2019) Jaime Lluch Chapter 9. Constituting the State in Postcolonial Africa: Fifty Years of Constitution-Making Toward an African Constitutionalism Heinz Klug Conclusion Rogers M. Smith List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments
Introduction Rogers M. Smith and Richard R. Beeman Part I. The Example of American Constitutionalism Chapter 1. Is the Influence of the U.S. Constitution Declining? David S. Law and Mila Versteeg Chapter 2. Is the U.S. Constitution Sufficiently Democratic? How Would We Know and Do We Really Care? Sanford Levinson Chapter 3. State Constitutional Details and America's Positive Rights Emily Zackin Part II. Global Patterns and Problems in Modern Constitution-Making Chapter 4. Dignity, Rights, and the Comparative Method Christopher McCrudden Chapter 5. Beyond Window Dressing: Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes Tom Ginsburg Chapter 6. Unconstitutional Constituent Power Kim Lane Scheppele Chapter 7. Communist Federations Valerie Bunce Chapter 8. Constitutional Moments and the Paradox of Constitutionalism in Multinational Democracies (Spain, 2006-2019) Jaime Lluch Chapter 9. Constituting the State in Postcolonial Africa: Fifty Years of Constitution-Making Toward an African Constitutionalism Heinz Klug Conclusion Rogers M. Smith List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments
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