TY  - BOOK
AU  - Galligan,D.J.
AU  - Versteeg,Mila
TI  - Social and political foundations of constitutions
T2  - Comparative constitutional law and policy
SN  - 9781107546080
AV  - K3165 .S63 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - fast
KW  - Constitutions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Part I. Introduction -- Theoretical perspectives on the social and political foundations of constitutions / Denis Galligan and Mila Versteeg -- Part II. Theoretical Perspectives -- Why a constitution? / Russell Hardin -- Constitutions as mission statements / Jeff King -- Transnational constitutionalism : a conceptual framework / Benedikt Goderis and Mila Versteeg -- The people, the constitution, and the idea of representation / Denis J. Galligan -- The strategic foundations of constitutions / Ran Hirschl -- Constitutions as contract, constitutions as charters / Tom Ginsburg -- Part III. Case Studies -- Accidental constitutionalism : the political foundations and implications of constitution-making in Israel / Adam Shinar -- The myth of imposed constitution / David S. Law -- Social, political, and philosophical foundations of the Irish constitutional order / Paul Brady -- South Sudan's dualistic constitution / Kevin L. Cope -- New Zealand : abandoning Westminster? / David Erdos -- The juristic republic of Iran / Binesh Hass -- Neo-Bolivarian constitutional design : comparing the 1999 Venezuelan, 2008 Ecuadorian, and 2009 Bolivian constitutions / Phoebe King -- The constitution as agreement to agree : the social and political foundations (and effects) of the 1971 Egyptian constitution / Clark Lombardi; Explaining the constitutionalization of social rights : Portuguese hypotheses and a cross national test / Pedro Magalhães -- Popular constitution-making : the case of Iceland / Anne Meuwese -- Romania's transnational constitution : a tradition of elite learning and self-empowerment / Christina Parau -- The social and political foundations of the Nigerian constitution / Charles H. Parkinson -- The once and future democracy : Argentina at the bar of constitutionalism / Miguel Schor -- Battle between law and society in Micronesia / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Constitutionalism of shallow foundations : the case of Bulgaria / Daniel Smilov -- The shifting foundations of the European Union constitution / Neil Walker
N2  - This volume explores the social and political forces behind constitution-making from a global perspective
ER  -