\aSocial and political foundations of constitutions / \c edited by Denis J. Galligan, Mila Versteeg.
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\a1st ed.
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\aNew York : \b Cambridge University Press, \c 2013.
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\axx, 672 p. ; \c 24 cm.
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\aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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\aPart 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 constitutionalism / David S. Law -- Social, political, and philosophical foundations of the Irish constitutional order / Paul Brady -- South Sudans 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 -- Romanias 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.