How Constitutional Rights Matter

AvAdam Chilton

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Does constitutionalizing rights improve respect for those rights in practice? Drawing on statistical analyses, survey experiments, and case studies from around the world, this book argues that enforcing constitutional rights is not easy, but that some rights are harder to repress than others. First, enshrining rights in constitutions does not automatically ensure that those rights will be respected. For rights to matter, rights violations need to be politically costly. But this is difficult to accomplish for unconnected groups of citizens. Second, some rights are easier to enforce than others, especially those with natural constituencies that can mobilize for their enforcement. This is the case for rights that are practiced by and within organizations, such as the rights to religious freedom, to unionize, and to form political parties. Because religious groups, trade unions and parties are highly organized, they are well-equipped to use the constitution to resist rights violations. As a result, these rights are systematically associated with better practices. By contrast, rights that are practiced on an individual basis, such as free speech or the prohibition of torture, often lack natural constituencies to enforce them, which makes it easier for governments to violate these rights. Third, even highly organized groups armed with the constitution may not be able to stop governments dedicated to rights-repression. When constitutional rights are enforced by dedicated organizations, they are thus best understood as speed bumps that slow down attempts at repression.An important contribution to comparative constitutional law, this book provides a comprehensive picture of the spread of constitutional rights, and their enforcement, around the world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-11-17
Mått:159 x 234 x 30 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780197860700

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Adam Chilton is Professor of Law and Walter Mader Research Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School.Mila Versteeg is the Class of 1941 Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and a Carnegie Fellow at the Andrew Carnegie Foundation of New York.

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How Constitutional Rights Matter is the most accomplished monograph on the reality of constitutional rights.

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Chapter 1. Introduction PART I: Theory, Background, & Methods Chapter 2. The Organizational Basis of Constitutional Rights ProtectionChapter 3. Existing EvidenceChapter 4. The Rise of Rights ConstitutionalismChapter 5. Research Methods PART II: Individual Rights Chapter 6. Individual Rights: Speech, Torture, and MovementChapter 7. Social Rights: Education and HealthcareChapter 8. Support for Constitutional Rights Violations PART III: Organizational Rights Chapter 9. Freedom of ReligionChapter 10. Right to UnionizeChapter 11. Right to Form Political Parties PART IV: The Limits of Constitutional Rights Chapter 12. Conclusion APPENDIX A1. Data SourcesA2. Regression ResultsA3. Conditional Results: Courts and Democracy

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