1 Introduction: Constitutional Myths&Alain Marciano 1
2 Consent or Coercion? A Critical Analysis of the Constitutional Contract&Randall G.Holcombe 9
3 Agent Type, Social Contracts, and Constitutional Mythologies&Peter Boettke and Alexander Fink 25
4 Constitutions, Politics, and Identity&Alan Hamlin 39
5 Is the “Veil of Ignorance” in Constitutional Choice a Myth? An Empirical Exploration Informed by a Theory of Power&Louis M.Imbeau and Steve Jacob 53
6 Checks and Balances at the OK Corral: Restraining Leviathan&Atin Basuchoudhary, Michael Reksulak, and William F.Shughart II 71
7 Popular Sovereignty: A Case Study from the Antebellum Era&Elizabeth Dale 81
8 Direct Democracy and the Constitution&Bruno S.Frey, Alois Stutzer, and Susanne Neckerman 107
9 Parallelisms and Paralogisms in the European Court of Justice&Giuseppe Eusepi, Alessandra Cepparulo, and Maurizio Intartaglia 121
10 The Dual Rationale of Judicial Independence&Fabien Gelinas 135
11 Comparison of Central Bank and Judicial Independence&George Tridimas 155
12 Making and Implementing the Rules of the Game: The Political Economy of Constitutional Myths and Rites&Jean-Michel Josselin 171
Index 175