| ISBN | 9781316608357 |
| Call Number | K3165 .A87 2016 |
| Title | Assessing constitutional performance / edited by Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Huq. |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Imprint | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016. |
| Physical | xiii, 431 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Series | Comparative constitutional law and policy. (4) |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-420) and index. |
| Content | Introduction -- 1. Assessing constitutional performance -- 2. Hippocratic constitutional design -- 3. What is a good constitution? Assessing the constitutional proposal in the Icelandic experiment -- 4. When is a constitution doing well? The Alberdian test in the Americas -- 5. Parties and constitutional performance -- 6. Constitutional performance in transitions from military to civilian rule -- 7. Constitutional permissiveness, constitutional restrictiveness, and religious freedom -- 8. Performance of constitutions : transitional provisions -- 9. Time and constitutional efficacy -- 10. Competitive democracy and the constitutional minimum core -- 11. Ambedkar's constitution : promoting inclusion, opposing majority tyranny -- 12. Assessing the constitutionn of Kenya 2010 fie years later -- 13. The Arab Spring constitutions : for whose benefit? -- 14. Stability in flexibility : a British lens on constitutional success. |
| Subject | Constitutional law. (45) |
| | Constitutional history. (9) |
| | Comparative law. (10) |
| Added Entry | Ginsburg, Tom. (5) |
| | Huq, Aziz Z. (2) |
| Holding | LIC |
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