Design of constitutions
- London Edward Elgar 2013
- 758p xi
Table of contents Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction Stefan Voigt PART I GETTING STARTED: STATE OF THE ART AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES 1. Dennis C. Mueller (2005), 'Constitutional Political Economy in the European Union' 2. Donald L. Horowitz (2002), 'Constitutional Design: Proposals Versus Processes' 3. Arend Lijphart (2002), 'The Wave of Power-Sharing Democracy' PART II THE RELEVANCE OF PROCEDURE FOR ... 4. Jon Elster (1995), 'Forces and Mechanisms in the Constitution-Making Process' 5. Stefan Voigt (2004), 'The Consequences of Popular Participation in Constitutional Choice-Towards a Comparative Analysis' 6. John M. Carey (2009), 'Does It Matter How a Constitution Is Created' 7. Tom Ginsburg, Zachary Elkins and Justin Blount (2009), 'Does the Process of Constitution-Making Matter?' PART III BASIC RIGHTS 8. Lorenz Blume and Stefan Voigt (2007), 'The Economic Effects of Human Rights' 9. Avi Ben-Bassat and Momi Dahan (2008), 'Social Rights in the Constitution and in Practice' PART IV STATE ORGANIZATION A ELECTORAL SYSTEMS 10. Torsten Persson, Gerard Roland and Guido Tabellini (2007), 'Electoral Rules and Government Spending in Parliamentary Democracies' 11. Davide Ticchi and Andrea Vindigni (2010), 'Endogenous Constitutions' B FORM OF GOVERNMENT 12. Torsten Persson, Gerard Roland and Guido Tabellini (1997), 'Separation of Powers and Political Accountability' 13. Philippe Aghion, Alberto Alesina and Francesco Trebbi (2004), 'Endogenous Political Institutions' C THE STRUCTURE OF THE LEGISLATURE: BICAMERALISM 14. Roger D. Congleton (2006), 'On the Merits of Bicameral Legislatures: Intragovernmental Bargaining and Policy Stability' 15. Cecilia Testa (2010), 'Bicameralism and Corruption' D FEDERALISM 16. Rui J.P. de Figueiredo, Jr and Barry R. Weingast (2005), 'Self-Enforcing Federalism' 17. Robert P. Inman and Daniel L. Rubinfeld (2005), 'Federalism and the Democratic Transition: Lessons from South Africa' E DIRECT DEMOCRACY 18. Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (2006), 'Direct Democracy: Designing a Living Constitution' 19. Lorenz Blume, Jens Muller and Stefan Voigt (2009), 'The Economic Effects of Direct Democracy - A First Global Assessment' PART V BEYOND CONVENTIONAL PERSPECTIVES 20. Bruce Ackerman (2000), 'The New Separation of Powers' 21. Stefan Voigt and Eli M. Salzberger (2002), 'Choosing Not to Choose: When Politicians Choose to Delegate Powers' 22. Tom Ginsburg (2006), 'Locking in Democracy: Constitutions, Commitment, and International Law' 23. Stefan Voigt, Michael Ebeling and Lorenz Blume (2007), 'Improving Credibility by Delegating Judicial Competence - the Case of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council'