Comparative constitutional studies : between magic and deceit /
Günter Frankenberg.
- xi, 343 pages ; 25 cm
- Elgar monographs in constitutional and administrative law .
Constitutions : between magic and deceit -- Constitutional idiom and design -- Comparing constitutions : theory and method -- Constitutional transfer and experimentalism -- Constitutional experimentalism in nineteenth-century Europe -- Order from conflict -- Constituting against partition and fragmentation -- Constituting states of exception -- Preface -- Epilogue.
"Every constitution has an interesting story to tell, and for this book [the author] has selected...examples that encourage readers to practise realism, demonstrate critical spirit and examine the dark side of framers' reports and normative theories. This book deals with textbook hegemons, made in Philadelphia, Tokyo, Paris and, more importantly, with other constitutions from the global south, often classified as also-ran. Constitutions reflect conflicts and experiences, political visions and anxieties, ideals and ideologies, and [the author's] interdisciplinary approach serves as an...introduction to a new transnational conversation in comparative constitutional law."--