TY - BOOK ID - 17259672 TI - Social and political foundations of constitutions AU - Galligan, D. J. AU - Versteeg, Mila PY - 2013 SN - 9781107032880 9781139507509 9781107546080 1107032881 1107416698 1107418062 1107419360 1107420555 1107422442 1107424399 1107546087 1139507508 1139891448 1306071984 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Constitutional law KW - Constitutions KW - Social aspects KW - Political aspects KW - Comparative law KW - Constitutions. KW - Droit compareĢ KW - Droit constitutionnel KW - Aspect social KW - Aspect politique KW - Public law. Constitutional law KW - Law KW - General and Others KW - Social aspects. KW - Political aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17259672 AB - This volume analyses the social and political forces that influence constitutions and the process of constitution making. It combines theoretical perspectives on the social and political foundations of constitutions with a range of detailed case studies from nineteen countries. In the first part leading scholars analyse and develop a range of theoretical perspectives, including constitutions as coordination devices, mission statements, contracts, products of domestic power play, transnational documents, and as reflection of the will of the people. In the second part these theories are examined through in-depth case studies of the social and political foundations of constitutions in countries such as Egypt, Nigeria, Japan, Romania, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Israel, Argentina and others. The result is a multidimensional study of constitutions as social phenomena and their interaction with other social phenomena. ER -