Comparative Constitutional Theory

Contents:

1. Introduction: The Comparative Turn in Constitutional Theory
Gary Jacobsohn and Miguel Schor

PART I CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND RIGHTS
2. What is Judicial Supremacy?
Stephen Gardbaum

3. Federalism and Constitutional Theory
Stephen Tierney

4. Theoretical Underpinnings of Separation of Powers
Cheryl Saunders

5. Constitutional Dialogue and Judicial Supremacy
Miguel Schor

6. Judicial Dialogue and Fundamental Rights in the European Union: A Quest for Legitimacy
Aida Torres Perez

7. Parliamentary Bills of Rights: Have They Altered the Norms for Legislative Decision-Making?
Janet L. Hiebert

8. Social Rights in Comparative Constitutional Theory
Jeff King

9. Human Dignity and its Critics
Jacob Weinrib

PART II CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION
10. The Counter-Majoritarian Thesis
David Robertson

11. Legal Pragmatism and Comparative Constitutional Law
David Landau

12. Beyond the Principle of Proportionality
Victor Ferreres Comella

13. Text and Textualism: Religious Establishment in the United States Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights
Howard Schweber

14. Reception, Context, and Identity: A Theory of Cross-National Jurisprudence
Heinz Klug

PART III CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
15. "We the People", "Oui, the People", and the Collective Body: Perceptions of Constituent Power
Yaniv Roznai

16. Amendment Theory and Constituent Power
Mark Tushnet

17. Anchoring and Sailing: Contrasting Imperatives of Constitutional Revolution
Gary Jacobsohn

18. Theorising About Formal Constitutional Change: The Case of Latin America
Joel I. Colon-Rios

19. Transitional Justice, Transitional Constitutionalism, and Constitutional Culture
Gabor Halmai

PART IV ISSUES IN CONSTITUTIONALISM
20. The Unwritten Constitution
Janet McLean

21. Militant Democracy and Constitutional Identity
Jan-Werner Mueeller

22. Some Notes on Inclusive Constitution-Making, Citizenship, and Civic Constitutionalism
John E. Finn

23. Race and American Constitutional Exceptionalism
Mark A. Graber

24. Constitutional Dissonance in China
Wen-Chen Chang and David S. Law

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comparative constitutional law; comparative constitutional theory; comparative constitutional structure; comparative constitutional rights; comparative constitutional interpretation; comparative constitutional change