Constitutionalism in Context

David S. Law is the E. James Kelly, Jr. – Class of 1965 Research Professor of Law and Courtesy Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and Honorary Professor of Law (formerly Sir Y. K. Pao Chair in Public Law) at the University of Hong Kong. Trained as both a political scientist and a comparative law scholar, he has taught at universities around the world including Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown, Washington University in St. Louis, National Taiwan University, and Seoul National University. His widely translated work has been featured in a variety of international media, including front-page coverage in the New York Times.

• Part I. Introduction to the Field: 1. Introduction: Pedagogy and conceptualization of the field David S. Law; 2. The state of the field Tom Ginsburg; 3. Methodology and research design Ran Hirschl; Part II. Concepts and Definitions: 4. Constitutions and constitutionalism: China Albert H. Y. Chen; Part III. Constitutional Drafting and Revision: 5. Constitution-making for divided societies: Afghanistan Clark B. Lombardi and Shamshad Pasarlay; 6. Constitutional history and constitutional migration: Nepal Mara Malagodi; 7. Constitutional transformation: Hungary Yaniv Roznai; 8. International law and constitution-making: Sudan Markus Böckenförde; Part IV. Constitutional Adjudication and Interpretation: 9. Judicial review of constitutional amendments: Taiwan David S. Law and Hsiang-Yang Hsieh; 10. Nonjudicial constitutional interpretation: Netherlands Maartje de Visser; 11. Transnational judicial communication: The European Union Elaine Mak and David S. Law; Part V. Rights: 12. Social and economic rights: Argentina Julieta Rossi and Daniel M. Brinks; 13. LGBTQ rights: Singapore Lynette J. Chua; 14. Indigenous rights: New Zealand Matthew S. R. Palmer; 15. Citizenship and nationality: Cyprus Achilles Emilianides and Christos Papastylianos; 16. Affirmative action: Brazil Adilson José Moreira; Part VI. Structure: 17. Subnational constitutionalism: Hong Kong Cora Chan; 18. Electoral systems: Indonesia Simon Butt; 19. Fourth-branch institutions: South Africa Mark Tushnet; Part VII. Challenges to Liberal Democratic Constitutionalism: 20. Islamic Constitutionalism: Iran Mirjam Künkler and David S. Law; 21. Military influence on the constitutional order: Turkey Ozan O. Varol; 22. Constitutional backsliding: Colombia David Landau; 23. Privatization of constitutional law: Thailand Victor V. Ramraj and Thitinant Tengaumnuay.

'Having relied extensively on its draft chapters to teach comparative constitutional studies, I found this book to be an excellent and innovative pedagogical tool. The exploration of specific topics as deep contextual studies, and a truly ecumenical approach that escapes the gravitational pull exerted by a handful of jurisdictions in Euro-America, avoid two of the biggest pitfalls in our discipline.' Tarun Khaitan, Professor in Public Law and Legal Theory, Oxford