Ran Hirschl (PhD, Yale) is Professor of Political Science and Law, and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Constitutionalism, Democracy and Development at the University of Toronto. He is the author of three books: 'Towards Juristocracy: The Origins and Consequences of the New Constitutionalism' (Harvard University Press, 2004 and 2007), 'Constitutional Theocracy' (Harvard University Press, 2010) (which won the Mahoney Prize in Legal Theory), and 'Comparative Matters' (Oxford University Press, 2014), as well as over 75 articles and book chapters on comparative constitutional law, constitutional law and religion, and the intellectual history of comparative public law. Hirschl is a founding executive committee member of the International Society of Public Law, an editorial board member of the Journal of Law & Courts and the International Journal of Constitutional Law (I-CON), and the co-editor of a book series on comparative constitutional law and policy published by Cambridge UP.

• Introduction: The C Word 1: The View from the Bench: Where the Comparative Judicial Imagination Travels 2: Early Engagements with the Constitutive Laws of Others: Lessons from Pre-Modern Religion Law 3: Engaging the Constitutive Laws of Others: Necessities, Ideas, Interests 4: From Comparative Constitutional Law to Comparative Constitutional Studies 5: How Universal is Comparative Constitutional Law? 6: Case Selection and Research Design in Comparative Constitutional Studies Epilogue: Comparative Constitutional Law: Quo Vadis?

A book of dazzling scope and depth. At once a methodological manifesto and a sweeping intellectual history, Hirschl reminds us that our contemporary debates about universality and particularity in law are simply new variations on a very old theme. This is an instant classic, from which no one will fail to learn something new.

Ran Hirschl (PhD, Yale) is Professor of Political Science and Law, and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Constitutionalism, Democracy and Development at the University of Toronto. He is the author of three books: 'Towards Juristocracy: The Origins and Consequences of the New Constitutionalism' (Harvard University Press, 2004 and 2007), 'Constitutional Theocracy' (Harvard University Press, 2010) (which won the Mahoney Prize in Legal Theory), and 'Comparative Matters' (Oxford University Press, 2014), as well as over 75 articles and book chapters on comparative constitutional law, constitutional law and religion, and the intellectual history of comparative public law. Hirschl is a founding executive committee member of the International Society of Public Law, an editorial board member of the Journal of Law & Courts and the International Journal of Constitutional Law (I-CON), and the co-editor of a book series on comparative constitutional law and policy published by Cambridge UP.

• Introduction: The C Word 1: The View from the Bench: Where the Comparative Judicial Imagination Travels 2: Early Engagements with the Constitutive Laws of Others: Lessons from Pre-Modern Religion Law 3: Engaging the Constitutive Laws of Others: Necessities, Ideas, Interests 4: From Comparative Constitutional Law to Comparative Constitutional Studies 5: How Universal is Comparative Constitutional Law? 6: Case Selection and Research Design in Comparative Constitutional Studies Epilogue: Comparative Constitutional Law: Quo Vadis?

A book of dazzling scope and depth. At once a methodological manifesto and a sweeping intellectual history, Hirschl reminds us that our contemporary debates about universality and particularity in law are simply new variations on a very old theme. This is an instant classic, from which no one will fail to learn something new.

Ran Hirschl (PhD, Yale) is Professor of Political Science and Law, and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Constitutionalism, Democracy and Development at the University of Toronto. He is the author of three books: 'Towards Juristocracy: The Origins and Consequences of the New Constitutionalism' (Harvard University Press, 2004 and 2007), 'Constitutional Theocracy' (Harvard University Press, 2010) (which won the Mahoney Prize in Legal Theory), and 'Comparative Matters' (Oxford University Press, 2014), as well as over 75 articles and book chapters on comparative constitutional law, constitutional law and religion, and the intellectual history of comparative public law. Hirschl is a founding executive committee member of the International Society of Public Law, an editorial board member of the Journal of Law & Courts and the International Journal of Constitutional Law (I-CON), and the co-editor of a book series on comparative constitutional law and policy published by Cambridge UP.

• Introduction: The C Word 1: The View from the Bench: Where the Comparative Judicial Imagination Travels 2: Early Engagements with the Constitutive Laws of Others: Lessons from Pre-Modern Religion Law 3: Engaging the Constitutive Laws of Others: Necessities, Ideas, Interests 4: From Comparative Constitutional Law to Comparative Constitutional Studies 5: How Universal is Comparative Constitutional Law? 6: Case Selection and Research Design in Comparative Constitutional Studies Epilogue: Comparative Constitutional Law: Quo Vadis?

A book of dazzling scope and depth. At once a methodological manifesto and a sweeping intellectual history, Hirschl reminds us that our contemporary debates about universality and particularity in law are simply new variations on a very old theme. This is an instant classic, from which no one will fail to learn something new.