
Creating a Constitution
A comprehensive account of how the Athenian constitution was created—with lessons for contemporary constitution-building
We live in an era of constitution-making. More than half of the world''s constitutions have been drafted in the past half-century. Yet, one question still eludes theorists and practitioners alike: how do stable, growth-enhancing constitutional structures emerge and endure? In Cre...
A comprehensive account of how the Athenian constitution was created—with lessons for contemporary constitution-building
We live in an era of constitution-making. More than half of the world''s constitutions have been drafted in the past half-century. Yet, one question still eludes theorists and practitioners alike: how do stable, growth-enhancing constitutional structures emerge and endure? In Cre...