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020 $a9781107047662 (hbk.)
020 $a1107047668 (hbk.)
020 $a9781107663947 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aK3165$b.C63 2014
082 00 $a342$223
084 $aLAW018000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aConstitutions in authoritarian regimes /$cedited by Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago; Alberto Simpser, University of Chicago.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bCambridge University Press,$c2014.
300 $aix, 271 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aComparative constitutional law and policy
520 $a"This volume explores the form and function of constitutions in countries without the fully articulated institutions of limited government"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Comparative constitutional law is an intellectually vibrant field that encompasses an increasingly broad array of approaches and methodologies. This series collects analytically innovative and empirically grounded work from scholars of comparative constitutionalism across academic disciplines. Books in the series include theoretically informed studies of single constitutional jurisdictions, comparative studies of constitutional law and institutions, and edited collections of original essays that respond to challenging theoretical and empirical questions in the field"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $aIntroduction : constitutions in authoritarian regimes / Tom Ginsburg and Alberto Simpser -- Part I. The Category -- Ruling against rules / Adam Przeworski -- Authoritarian constitutionalism : some conceptual considerations / Mark Tushnet -- Part II. Constitutional Design in Authoritarian Regimes -- The political economy of autocratic constitutions / Michael Albertus and Victor Menaldo -- Authoritarian constitution making : the role of the military in Latin America / Gabriel Negretto -- Constitutions in authoritarian regimes : the Egyptian constitution of 1971 / Kristen Stilt -- Part III. Contents of Authoritarian Constitutions -- The content of authoritarian constitutions / Tom Ginsburg, Zachary Elkins and James Melton -- Constitutional variation among strains of authoritarianism / David S. Law and Mila Versteeg -- Part IV. Consequences of Authoritarian Constitutions -- The role of presidential power in authoritarian elections / Jennifer Gandhi -- The informal politics of formal constitutions : rethinking the effects of 'presidentialism' and 'parliamentarism' in the cases of Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Ukraine / Henry E. Hale -- The Party's leadership as a living constitution in China / He Xin.
650 0 $aConstitutional law.
650 0 $aAuthoritarianism.
650 7 $aLAW / Constitutional.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aGinsburg, Tom,$eeditor of compilation.
700 1 $aSimpser, Alberto,$d1971-$eeditor of compilation.