Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- What Are Constitutions, and What Should (and Can) They Do?
- Constitution and Fundamental Law: The Lesson of Classical Athens
- Contract, Covenant, Constitution
- Constitutionalism in the Age of Terror
- The Liberal Constitution and Foreign Affairs
- Do Constitutions Have a Point? Reflections on “Parchment Barriers” and Preambles
- The Origins of an Independent Judiciary in New York, 1621-1777
- Foot Voting, Political Ignorance, and Constitutional Design
- Pluralist Constitutionalism
- Deliberative Democracy and Constitutions
- The Constitution of Nondomination
- Can We Design an Optimal Constitution? Of Structural Ambiguity and Rights Clarity
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- What Are Constitutions, and What Should (and Can) They Do?
- Constitution and Fundamental Law: The Lesson of Classical Athens
- Contract, Covenant, Constitution
- Constitutionalism in the Age of Terror
- The Liberal Constitution and Foreign Affairs
- Do Constitutions Have a Point? Reflections on “Parchment Barriers” and Preambles
- The Origins of an Independent Judiciary in New York, 1621-1777
- Foot Voting, Political Ignorance, and Constitutional Design
- Pluralist Constitutionalism
- Deliberative Democracy and Constitutions
- The Constitution of Nondomination
- Can We Design an Optimal Constitution? Of Structural Ambiguity and Rights Clarity
- Index
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- What Should Constitutions Do? , pp. 325 - 332Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011