Morality, Governance, and Social Institutions

Thomas Christiano is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, USA.Ingrid Creppell is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, USA.Jack Knight is Frederic Cleaveland Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke University, USA.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Political Psychology of Constitution-Making.- 3. Russell Hardin's Hobbes.- 4. "FüHrer Befiehl, Wir Folgen Dir!": Opinion Dynamics in Extremist Groups.- 5. Trendsetters and Norm Change.- 6. Self-ESTEEM.- 7. Violence and Politics in Northern Ireland: IRA/Sinn Fein's Strategy and the 2005 Disarmament.- 8. The Priority of Social Morality.- 9. The Liberty of the Ancient from a Humean Perspective.- 10. A Political Theory of Constitutional Democracy: On Legitimacy of Constitutional Courts in Stable Liberal Democracies.- 11. Assesing Constitutional Efficacy:  Motivated by Constitutional Law or by Social Norms? How Can We Know?.- 12. Constitutions as Conventions: A History of Non-Reception.- 13. On the Twentieth Anniversary of One for All: The Logic of Group Conflict in Northern Ireland and Beyond.