Zachary Elkins

Endurance of National Constitutions (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Constitutions are supposed to provide an enduring structure for politics. Yet only half live more than nine years. Why is it that some constitutions endure while others do not? In The Endurance of National Constitutions Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg and James Melton examine the causes of constitutional endurance from an institutional perspective. Supported by an original set of cross-national historical data, theirs is the first comprehensive study of constitutional mortality. They show that whereas constitutions are imperilled by social and political crises, certain aspects of a constitution's design can lower the risk of death substantially. Thus, to the extent that endurance is desirable - a question that the authors also subject to scrutiny - the decisions of founders take on added importance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511700156
• Artikelnr.: 52966685

Autorenporträt

Zachary Elkins is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Elkins writes on issues of democracy, institutional reform, and research methodology. Much of his current research is focused on the origins and consequences of constitutional design. He also co-directs the project constitutionmaking.org, which is intended to provide constitutional drafters with usable insights from academic research on constitutional design. He received a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. from Yale University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. How long should constitutions endure?
3. Conceptualizing constitutions
4. A positive theory of constitutional endurance
5. Empirical implications of the theory: identifying risks to constitutional life
6. An epidemiological analysis of constitutional mortality
7. Contrasts in constitutional endurance
8. Contexts of chronic failure
9. Conclusion.