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The Entrenchment of Democracy: The Comparative Constitutional Design of Elections, Parties and Voting
Chair: Professor Erin Delaney (UCL Laws)
Discussants: Professor Richard Bellamy (UCL), Professor Thomas Poole (LSE), Dr Leah Trueblood (University of Oxford)
Respondents: Professor Aziz Huq (University of Chicago), Professor Tarunabh Khaitan (LSE), Professor Yvonne Tew (Georgetown University)
Abstract
This event celebrates the launch of The Entrenchment of Democracy: The Comparative Constitutional Design of Elections, Parties and Voting (Cambridge University Press, 2024), edited by Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Huq, and Tarunabh Khaitan.
About the Book
The event was co-organised by the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the Center for Transnational Legal Studies
This volume of essays brings together a group of leading political scientists, legal scholars, and political theorists to describe and analyze the body of constitutional law and practice within and upon democratic institutions, in particular examining how constitutional law shapes electoral democracy. Constitutional law and practice on this question are complex and varied. This volume therefore takes a thematic and regional approach: it selects a range of key theoretical questions related to democratic constitutional design and offers a series of chapters featuring a diverse range of voices, as well as a blend of theory, qualitative studies, and quantitative methods.
The Entrenchment of Democracy: The Comparative Constitutional Design of Elections, Parties and Voting
Chair: Professor Erin Delaney (UCL Laws)
Discussants: Professor Richard Bellamy (UCL), Professor Thomas Poole (LSE), Dr Leah Trueblood (University of Oxford)
Respondents: Professor Aziz Huq (University of Chicago), Professor Tarunabh Khaitan (LSE), Professor Yvonne Tew (Georgetown University)
Abstract
This event celebrates the launch of The Entrenchment of Democracy: The Comparative Constitutional Design of Elections, Parties and Voting (Cambridge University Press, 2024), edited by Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Huq, and Tarunabh Khaitan.
About the Book
The event was co-organised by the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the Center for Transnational Legal Studies
This volume of essays brings together a group of leading political scientists, legal scholars, and political theorists to describe and analyze the body of constitutional law and practice within and upon democratic institutions, in particular examining how constitutional law shapes electoral democracy. Constitutional law and practice on this question are complex and varied. This volume therefore takes a thematic and regional approach: it selects a range of key theoretical questions related to democratic constitutional design and offers a series of chapters featuring a diverse range of voices, as well as a blend of theory, qualitative studies, and quantitative methods.
