{"product_id":"modern-constitutions-hardback-9780812252347","title":"Modern Constitutions (Hardback) 9780812252347","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModern Constitutions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRogers M. Smith (Edited by), Richard R. Beeman (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812252347\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 August 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages, 8 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than two millennia ago, Aristotle is said to have compiled a collection of ancient constitutions that informed his studies of politics. For Aristotle, constitutions largely distilled and described the varied and distinctive patterns of political life established over time. What constitutionalism has come to mean in the modern era, on the other hand, originates chiefly in the late eighteenth century and primarily with the U.S. Constitution-written in 1787 and made effective in 1789-and the various French constitutions that first appeared in 1791.\u003cbr\u003e In the last half century, more than 130 nations have adopted new constitutions, half of those within the last twenty years. These new constitutions are devoted to many of the same goals found in the U.S. Constitution: the rule of law, representative self-government, and protection of rights. But by canvassing constitutional developments at the national and state level in the United States alongside modern constitutions in Eastern and Western Europe, Africa, and Asia, the contributors to \u003ci\u003eModern Constitutions\u003c\/i\u003e-all leading scholars of constitutionalism-show that modern constitutions often seek to protect social rights and to establish representative institutions, forms of federalism, and courts charged with constitutional review that depart from or go far beyond the seminal U.S. example. Partly because of their innovations, however, many modern constitutional systems now confront mounting authoritarian pressures that put fundamental commitments to the rule of law in jeopardy.\u003cbr\u003e The contributions in this volume collectively provide a measure of guidance for the challenges and prospects of modern constitutions in the rapidly changing political world of the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e: Richard R. Beeman, Valerie Bunce, Tom Ginsburg, Heinz Klug, David S. Law, Sanford Levinson, Jaime Lluch, Christopher McCrudden, Kim Lane Scheppele, Rogers M. Smith, Mila Versteeg, Emily Zackin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Rogers M. Smith and Richard R. Beeman\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Example of American Constitutionalism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Is the Influence of the U.S. Constitution Declining?\u003cbr\u003e David S. Law and Mila Versteeg\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Is the U.S. Constitution Sufficiently Democratic? How Would We Know and Do We Really Care?\u003cbr\u003e Sanford Levinson\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. State Constitutional Details and America's Positive Rights\u003cbr\u003e Emily Zackin\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Global Patterns and Problems in Modern Constitution-Making\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Dignity, Rights, and the Comparative Method\u003cbr\u003e Christopher McCrudden\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Beyond Window Dressing: Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes\u003cbr\u003e Tom Ginsburg\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Unconstitutional Constituent Power\u003cbr\u003e Kim Lane Scheppele\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Communist Federations\u003cbr\u003e Valerie Bunce\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Constitutional Moments and the Paradox of Constitutionalism in Multinational Democracies (Spain, 2006-2019)\u003cbr\u003e Jaime Lluch\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Constituting the State in Postcolonial Africa: Fifty Years of Constitution-Making Toward an African Constitutionalism\u003cbr\u003e Heinz Klug\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Rogers M. Smith\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559229714712,"sku":"9780812252347","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modern-constitutions-hardback-9780812252347","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}