1 Introduction&Rosalind Dixon and Tom Ginsburg 1
PART Ⅰ CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN AND REDESIGN 19
2 Drafting, design and gender&Helen Irving 19
3 Participation in constitutional design&Justin Blount 38
4 Transitional justice and the transformation of constitutionalism&Ruti Teitel 57
5 Constitutional drafting and external influence&Zaid Al-Ali 77
6 Constitutional amendment rules: a comparative perspective&Rosalind Dixon 96
7 Constitutional endurance&Tom Ginsburg 112
PART Ⅱ CONSTITUTIONAL IDENTITY 129
8 The formation of constitutional identities&Gary J.Jacobsohn 129
9 Citizenship and the boundaries of the constitution&Kim Rubenstein and Niamh Lenagh-Maguire 143
10 Comparative constitutional law and Indigenous peoples: Canada, New Zealand and the USA&Claire Charters 170
11 A new global constitutional order?&David Schneiderman 189
PART Ⅲ CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE 211
12 Legislative-executive relations&Jose Antonio Cheibub and Fernando Limongi 211
13 The separation of legislative and executive powers&Ronald J.Krotoszynski, Jr. 234
14 Political parties and constitutionalism&Richard H.Pildes 254
15 The rise of specialized constitutional courts&Victor Ferreres Comella 265
16 The interplay of constitutional and ordinary jurisdiction&Frank&Michelman 278
17 Constitutional experimentation: rethinking how a bill of rights functions&Janet L.Hiebert 298
18 The rise of weak-form judicial review&Mark Tushnet 321
19 Constitutions and emergency regimes&Oren Gross 334
20 Federalism, devolution and secession: from classical to post-conflict federalism&Sujit Choudhry and Nathan Hume 356
PART Ⅳ INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND STATE DUTIES 387
21 The structure and scope of constitutional rights&Stephen Gardbaum 387
22 The comparative constitutional law of freedom of expression&Adrienne Stone 406
23 Comparative constitutional law and religion&Ran Hirschl 422
24 Autonomy, dignity and abortion&Donald P.Kommers 441
25 Human dignity in constitutional adjudication&Paolo G.Carozza 459
26 Equality&Kate O’Regan and Nick Friedman 473
27 The right to property&Tom Allen 504
28 Socio-economic rights: has the promise of eradicating the divide between first and second generation rights been fulfilled?&Dennis M.Davis 519
29 Comparative constitutional law and the challenges of terrorism law&Kent Roach 532
30 Legal protection of same-sex partnerships and comparative constitutional law&Nicholas Bamforth 551
PART Ⅴ COURTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION 571
31 Judicial engagement with comparative law&Cheryl Saunders 571
32 Constitutional interpretation in comparative perspective: comparing judges or courts?&Vicki C.Jackson and Jamal Greene 599
33 Docket control and the success of constitutional courts&David Fontana 624
Index 643