Tom Ginsburg

From Parchment to Practice explores the set of problems that arise when a new constitution has been adopted. Meer

Since the rise of the nation-state in the nineteenth century, constitutions have been seen as an embodiment of national values and identity. Meer

This volume brings together essays by many of the leading scholars of comparative constitutional design from many perspectives to collectively assess what we know - and do not know - about the design process as well as particular institutional choices concerning executive power, constitutional amendment processes and many other issues. Meer

New democracies around the world have adopted constitutional courts to oversee the operation of democratic politics. Where does judicial power come from, how does it develop in the early stages of democratic liberalization, and what political conditions support its expansion? Meer