Design of Constitutions

Edited by Stefan Voigt, Director, Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg, Germany

‘This particular work presents - in one handy and copiously footnoted hardback volume - no less than 23 of the most authoritative and ground-breaking essays and articles currently available on this relatively new avenue of economic and legal research, published by a judicious selection of the world’s top universities. . . If you’re a lawyer, economic adviser, policy maker, student or academic, you should acquire this book.’

• Contents:Acknowledgements Introduction Stefan VoigtPART I GETTING STARTED: STATE OF THE ART AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES 1. Dennis C. Mueller (2005), ‘Constitutional Political Economy in the European Union’2. Donald L. Horowitz (2002), ‘Constitutional Design: Proposals Versus Processes’3. Arend Lijphart (2002), ‘The Wave of Power-Sharing Democracy’ PART II THE RELEVANCE OF PROCEDURE FOR … 4. Jon Elster (1995), ‘Forces and Mechanisms in the Constitution-Making Process’5. Stefan Voigt (2004), ‘The Consequences of Popular Participation in Constitutional Choice—Towards a Comparative Analysis’6. John M. Carey (2009), ‘Does It Matter How a Constitution Is Created?’7. Tom Ginsburg, Zachary Elkins and Justin Blount (2009), ‘Does the Process of Constitution-Making Matter?’PART III BASIC RIGHTS 8. Lorenz Blume and Stefan Voigt (2007), ‘The Economic Effects of Human Rights’9. Avi Ben-Bassat and Momi Dahan (2008), ‘Social Rights in the Constitution and in Practice’PART IV STATE ORGANIZATION A ELECTORAL SYSTEMS10. Torsten Persson, Gerard Roland and Guido Tabellini (2007), ‘Electoral Rules and Government Spending in Parliamentary Democracies’11. Davide Ticchi and Andrea Vindigni (2010), ‘Endogenous Constitutions’ B FORM OF GOVERNMENT12. Torsten Persson, Gérard Roland and Guido Tabellini (1997), ‘Separation of Powers and Political Accountability’13. Philippe Aghion, Alberto Alesina and Francesco Trebbi (2004), ‘Endogenous Political Institutions’ C THE STRUCTURE OF THE LEGISLATURE: BICAMERALISM14. Roger D. Congleton (2006), ‘On the Merits of Bicameral Legislatures: Intragovernmental Bargaining and Policy Stability’15. Cecilia Testa (2010), ‘Bicameralism and Corruption’D FEDERALISM16. Rui J.P. de Figueiredo, Jr and Barry R. Weingast (2005), ‘Self-Enforcing Federalism’17. Robert P. Inman and Daniel L. Rubinfeld (2005), ‘Federalism and the Democratic Transition: Lessons from South Africa’E DIRECT DEMOCRACY18. Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (2006), ‘Direct Democracy: Designing a Living Constitution’19. Lorenz Blume, Jens Müller and Stefan Voigt (2009), ‘The Economic Effects of Direct Democracy – A First Global Assessment’ PART V BEYOND CONVENTIONAL PERSPECTIVES 20. Bruce Ackerman (2000), ‘The New Separation of Powers’21. Stefan Voigt and Eli M. Salzberger (2002), ‘Choosing Not to Choose: When Politicians Choose to Delegate Powers’22. Tom Ginsburg (2006), ‘Locking in Democracy: Constitutions, Commitment, and International Law’23. Stefan Voigt, Michael Ebeling and Lorenz Blume (2007), ‘Improving Credibility by Delegating Judicial Competence – the Case of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council’