1 Introduction: the comparative turn in constitutional theory and the crisis of democratic erosion - Gary Jacobsohn and Miguel Schor -
PART I CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DEMOCRATIC EROSION:
2 Illiberal constitutionalism: viable alternative or nemesis of the modern constitutional ideal? - Michel Rosenfeld -
3 Transitional justice, transitional constitutionalism and constitutional culture - Gábor Halmai -
4 Militant democracy and constitutional identity - Jan -Werner Müller -
5 Race and American constitutional exceptionalism - Mark A. Graber -
PART II CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND RIGHTS:
6 American constitutional exceptionalism and democratic erosion - Miguel Schor -
7 What is judicial supremacy? - Stephen Gardbaum -
8 Federalism and constitutional theory - Stephen Tierney -
9 The constitutional significance of human dignity: what exactly? - Jacob Weinrib
10 Social rights in comparative constitutional theory - Jeff King
11 Text and democracy: theoretical approaches to religious liberty cases in the United States Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights - Howard Schweber -
12 Consensus, conflict, and complementarity: a global perspective on the freedom of expression - Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr.
PART III CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION:
13 Legal pragmatism and comparative constitutional law- David Landau -
14 Beyond the principle of proportionality - Victor Ferreres Comella -
15 The unwritten constitution - Janet McLean -
PART IV CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE:
16 Constitutional theory in a comparative context - Adrienne Stone and Lael K. Weis -
17 ‘We the people’, ‘oui, the people’ and the collective body: perceptions of
constituent power - Yaniv Roznai -
18 Amendment theory and constituent power - Mark Tushnet -
19 Theorising about formal constitutional change: the case of Latin America -Joel I. Colón-Ríos -
20 Anchoring and sailing: contrasting imperatives of constitutional revolution - Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn -
21 Reception, context, and identity: a theory of cross-national jurisprudence - Heinz Klug –
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