Sujit Choudhry holds the Scholl Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where is Associate Dean. He has written widely on comparative constitutional law and constitutional theory. His previous books include The Migration of Constitutional Ideas (Cambridge University Press) and Dilemmas of Solidarity (University of Toronto Press).

Drawing on the disciplines of law and political science, these essays bring theoretical sophistication to the study of constitutional design in general and to case studies of the design possibilities for constitutions in divided societies. This is one of the most important recent works on constitutional design, and should interest both lawyers and political scientists.

• Introduction: Integration, Accommodation and the Agenda of Comparative Constitutional Law ; PART I: SETTING THE STAGE ; 1. Integration or accommodation? The enduring debate in conflict regulation ; 2. The internationalization of minority rights ; 3. Does the world need more Canada? The politics of the Canadian model in constitutional politics and political theory ; 4. Beyond the dichotomy of universalism and difference: four responses to cultural diversity ; 5. Groups and constitutionalism in divided societies: a dynamic approach to the design of democratic institutions ; PART II: CASE STUDIES ; 6. Indonesia's quasi-federalist approach: accommodation amidst strong integrationist tendencies ; 7. Integrationist and accommodationist measures in Nigeria's constitutional engineering: successes and failures ; 8. The limits of constitutionalism in the Muslim world: identity and narration in Islamic law ; 9. A tale of three constitutions: ethnicity and politics in Fiji ; 10. Rival nationalisms in a plurinational state: Spain, Catalonia and the Basque Country ; 11. Northern Ireland ; 12. Iraq's Constitution of 2005: liberal consociation as political prescription ; 13. Recognition without empowerment: minorities in a democratic South Africa ; 14. Giving with one hand: Scottish devolution within a unitary state

Sujit Choudhry holds the Scholl Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where is Associate Dean. He has written widely on comparative constitutional law and constitutional theory. His previous books include The Migration of Constitutional Ideas (Cambridge University Press) and Dilemmas of Solidarity (University of Toronto Press).

Drawing on the disciplines of law and political science, these essays bring theoretical sophistication to the study of constitutional design in general and to case studies of the design possibilities for constitutions in divided societies. This is one of the most important recent works on constitutional design, and should interest both lawyers and political scientists.

• Introduction: Integration, Accommodation and the Agenda of Comparative Constitutional Law ; PART I: SETTING THE STAGE ; 1. Integration or accommodation? The enduring debate in conflict regulation ; 2. The internationalization of minority rights ; 3. Does the world need more Canada? The politics of the Canadian model in constitutional politics and political theory ; 4. Beyond the dichotomy of universalism and difference: four responses to cultural diversity ; 5. Groups and constitutionalism in divided societies: a dynamic approach to the design of democratic institutions ; PART II: CASE STUDIES ; 6. Indonesia's quasi-federalist approach: accommodation amidst strong integrationist tendencies ; 7. Integrationist and accommodationist measures in Nigeria's constitutional engineering: successes and failures ; 8. The limits of constitutionalism in the Muslim world: identity and narration in Islamic law ; 9. A tale of three constitutions: ethnicity and politics in Fiji ; 10. Rival nationalisms in a plurinational state: Spain, Catalonia and the Basque Country ; 11. Northern Ireland ; 12. Iraq's Constitution of 2005: liberal consociation as political prescription ; 13. Recognition without empowerment: minorities in a democratic South Africa ; 14. Giving with one hand: Scottish devolution within a unitary state

Sujit Choudhry holds the Scholl Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where is Associate Dean. He has written widely on comparative constitutional law and constitutional theory. His previous books include The Migration of Constitutional Ideas (Cambridge University Press) and Dilemmas of Solidarity (University of Toronto Press).

Drawing on the disciplines of law and political science, these essays bring theoretical sophistication to the study of constitutional design in general and to case studies of the design possibilities for constitutions in divided societies. This is one of the most important recent works on constitutional design, and should interest both lawyers and political scientists.

• Introduction: Integration, Accommodation and the Agenda of Comparative Constitutional Law ; PART I: SETTING THE STAGE ; 1. Integration or accommodation? The enduring debate in conflict regulation ; 2. The internationalization of minority rights ; 3. Does the world need more Canada? The politics of the Canadian model in constitutional politics and political theory ; 4. Beyond the dichotomy of universalism and difference: four responses to cultural diversity ; 5. Groups and constitutionalism in divided societies: a dynamic approach to the design of democratic institutions ; PART II: CASE STUDIES ; 6. Indonesia's quasi-federalist approach: accommodation amidst strong integrationist tendencies ; 7. Integrationist and accommodationist measures in Nigeria's constitutional engineering: successes and failures ; 8. The limits of constitutionalism in the Muslim world: identity and narration in Islamic law ; 9. A tale of three constitutions: ethnicity and politics in Fiji ; 10. Rival nationalisms in a plurinational state: Spain, Catalonia and the Basque Country ; 11. Northern Ireland ; 12. Iraq's Constitution of 2005: liberal consociation as political prescription ; 13. Recognition without empowerment: minorities in a democratic South Africa ; 14. Giving with one hand: Scottish devolution within a unitary state