Dr Anne van Aaken is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany, Dr Christian List is a Lecturer for the Department of Government at LSE, London, UK and Dr Christoph Luetge is Assistant Professor at the Chair for Philosophy and Economics

• Contents: Part I: Deliberation and Constitutional Theory: Deliberative institutional economics, or does Homo Oeconomicus argue? A proposal for combining new institutional economics with discourse theory, Anne van Aaken; Deliberative institutional economics: mind the gap! Comment on Anne van Aaken, Michael Wohlgemuth; What do we learn by asking whether Homo Oeconomicus argues? Comment on Anne van Aaken, Matthias Meyer; Constitutionalism and its alternatives, John S. Dryzek; Democracy, discourse and constitutional economics: comment on John S. Dryzek, Viktor J. Vanberg; Deliberation as a discursive feature of contemporary theories of democracy: comment on John S. Dryzek, Axel Tschentscher; Constitutional economics in constitutional jurisprudence, Axel Tschentscher. Part II: Deliberation and Social Choice: A dilemma for deliberative democrats, Philip Pettit; Collective rationality: a dilemma for democrats with a solution through deliberation? Comment on Philip Pettit, Natalie Gold; Deliberative constitutional economics? Comment on Philip Pettit, Christoph Luetge; Substantive and meta-agreement, Christian List; Economics and the political discourse: comment on Christian List, Rüdiger Waldkirch; The importance of information - remarks on the constitutional economics of deliberative theory: comment on Christian List, Detlef Aufderheide; Democracy and argument: tracking truth in complex social decisions, Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz; Deliberative democracy and collective truth-tracking: comment on Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz, Thomas Schmidt; Where can the insights from the Condorcet jury theorem be applied? Comment on Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz, Alois Stutzer. Part III: Deliberation and Social Order: What is meant by consent?, Andreas Suchanek; On the normative notion of consent: comment on Andreas Suchanek, Martin Rechenauer; The morality and heuristics of consent: comment on Andreas Suchanek, Jurgen De Wispelaere; The consequences of popular participation in constitutional choice - towards a comparative analysis, Stefan Voigt; Is there a need for a positive constitutional economics? Comment on Stefan Voigt, Michaela Haase; Constitutional culture and comparative analysis: comment on Stefan Voigt, Horst Hegmann; Bargaining over beliefs, Robert E. Goodin and Geoffrey Brennan; Final remarks: deliberation and decision - perspectives and limitations, Christian Kirchner.

'...offers a sound overview of the issues...and sets the interested researchers, political scientists as well as economists and philosophers, thinking.' Public Choice

Dr Anne van Aaken is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany, Dr Christian List is a Lecturer for the Department of Government at LSE, London, UK and Dr Christoph Luetge is Assistant Professor at the Chair for Philosophy and Economics

• Contents: Part I: Deliberation and Constitutional Theory: Deliberative institutional economics, or does Homo Oeconomicus argue? A proposal for combining new institutional economics with discourse theory, Anne van Aaken; Deliberative institutional economics: mind the gap! Comment on Anne van Aaken, Michael Wohlgemuth; What do we learn by asking whether Homo Oeconomicus argues? Comment on Anne van Aaken, Matthias Meyer; Constitutionalism and its alternatives, John S. Dryzek; Democracy, discourse and constitutional economics: comment on John S. Dryzek, Viktor J. Vanberg; Deliberation as a discursive feature of contemporary theories of democracy: comment on John S. Dryzek, Axel Tschentscher; Constitutional economics in constitutional jurisprudence, Axel Tschentscher. Part II: Deliberation and Social Choice: A dilemma for deliberative democrats, Philip Pettit; Collective rationality: a dilemma for democrats with a solution through deliberation? Comment on Philip Pettit, Natalie Gold; Deliberative constitutional economics? Comment on Philip Pettit, Christoph Luetge; Substantive and meta-agreement, Christian List; Economics and the political discourse: comment on Christian List, Rüdiger Waldkirch; The importance of information - remarks on the constitutional economics of deliberative theory: comment on Christian List, Detlef Aufderheide; Democracy and argument: tracking truth in complex social decisions, Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz; Deliberative democracy and collective truth-tracking: comment on Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz, Thomas Schmidt; Where can the insights from the Condorcet jury theorem be applied? Comment on Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz, Alois Stutzer. Part III: Deliberation and Social Order: What is meant by consent?, Andreas Suchanek; On the normative notion of consent: comment on Andreas Suchanek, Martin Rechenauer; The morality and heuristics of consent: comment on Andreas Suchanek, Jurgen De Wispelaere; The consequences of popular participation in constitutional choice - towards a comparative analysis, Stefan Voigt; Is there a need for a positive constitutional economics? Comment on Stefan Voigt, Michaela Haase; Constitutional culture and comparative analysis: comment on Stefan Voigt, Horst Hegmann; Bargaining over beliefs, Robert E. Goodin and Geoffrey Brennan; Final remarks: deliberation and decision - perspectives and limitations, Christian Kirchner.

'...offers a sound overview of the issues...and sets the interested researchers, political scientists as well as economists and philosophers, thinking.' Public Choice

Dr Anne van Aaken is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany, Dr Christian List is a Lecturer for the Department of Government at LSE, London, UK and Dr Christoph Luetge is Assistant Professor at the Chair for Philosophy and Economics

• Contents: Part I: Deliberation and Constitutional Theory: Deliberative institutional economics, or does Homo Oeconomicus argue? A proposal for combining new institutional economics with discourse theory, Anne van Aaken; Deliberative institutional economics: mind the gap! Comment on Anne van Aaken, Michael Wohlgemuth; What do we learn by asking whether Homo Oeconomicus argues? Comment on Anne van Aaken, Matthias Meyer; Constitutionalism and its alternatives, John S. Dryzek; Democracy, discourse and constitutional economics: comment on John S. Dryzek, Viktor J. Vanberg; Deliberation as a discursive feature of contemporary theories of democracy: comment on John S. Dryzek, Axel Tschentscher; Constitutional economics in constitutional jurisprudence, Axel Tschentscher. Part II: Deliberation and Social Choice: A dilemma for deliberative democrats, Philip Pettit; Collective rationality: a dilemma for democrats with a solution through deliberation? Comment on Philip Pettit, Natalie Gold; Deliberative constitutional economics? Comment on Philip Pettit, Christoph Luetge; Substantive and meta-agreement, Christian List; Economics and the political discourse: comment on Christian List, Rüdiger Waldkirch; The importance of information - remarks on the constitutional economics of deliberative theory: comment on Christian List, Detlef Aufderheide; Democracy and argument: tracking truth in complex social decisions, Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz; Deliberative democracy and collective truth-tracking: comment on Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz, Thomas Schmidt; Where can the insights from the Condorcet jury theorem be applied? Comment on Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz, Alois Stutzer. Part III: Deliberation and Social Order: What is meant by consent?, Andreas Suchanek; On the normative notion of consent: comment on Andreas Suchanek, Martin Rechenauer; The morality and heuristics of consent: comment on Andreas Suchanek, Jurgen De Wispelaere; The consequences of popular participation in constitutional choice - towards a comparative analysis, Stefan Voigt; Is there a need for a positive constitutional economics? Comment on Stefan Voigt, Michaela Haase; Constitutional culture and comparative analysis: comment on Stefan Voigt, Horst Hegmann; Bargaining over beliefs, Robert E. Goodin and Geoffrey Brennan; Final remarks: deliberation and decision - perspectives and limitations, Christian Kirchner.

'...offers a sound overview of the issues...and sets the interested researchers, political scientists as well as economists and philosophers, thinking.' Public Choice