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Constitution making is a major event in the life of a country, with constitutions often
acting as a catalyst for social and political transformation. But what determines the
visions,aspirationsandcompromises thatgointo awrittenconstitution?Inthis unique
volume, constitution makers from countries around the world come together to offer
their insights. Using a collection of case studies from countries with recently written
constitutions, Constitution Makers on Constitution Making provides a common frame-
worktoexplainhowconstitutionsarecreated.Scholarsandpractitionersveryclosetothe
processilluminatecriticalinsightsintohowparticipantsseeconstitutionaloptions,how
deadlocksarebrokenandhowchangesareachieved.Thisvitalvolumealsodrawslessons
concerning the role of courts in policing the process, the involvement of international
actorsandtheparticipationofthepublic.
tom ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Professor of International Law at the University of
Chicago,wherehealsoholdsanappointmentinthePoliticalScienceDepartment.His
booksincludeDemocraciesandInternationalLaw(2021);HowtoSaveaConstitutional
Democracy (2018, with Aziz Z. Huq); Judicial Reputation (2015, with Nuno Garoupa);
The Endurance of National Constitutions (2009, with Zachary Elkins and James
Melton);JudicialReviewinNewDemocracies(2003),andover20editedvolumes.
sumit bisarya is Head of the Constitution Building Process Programme at the
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). Previously he
wastheSeniorConstitutionsAdvisorwiththeUnitedNationsDepartmentforPolitical
and Peacebuilding Affairs. He has over a decade of experience in providing consti-
tutionalassistanceinoverfifteencountriesaroundtheworld.
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COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND POLICY
SeriesEditors
TomGinsburgUniversityofChicago
ZacharyElkinsUniversityofTexasatAustin
RanHirschlUniversityofTexasatAustin
Comparative constitutional law is an intellectually vibrant field that encompasses an
increasinglybroadarrayofapproachesandmethodologies.Thisseriescollectsanalytic-
ally innovative and empirically grounded work from scholars of comparative constitu-
tionalismacrossacademicdisciplines.Booksintheseriesincludetheoreticallyinformed
studies of single constitutional jurisdictions, comparative studies of constitutional law
and institutions, and edited collections of original essays that respond to challenging
theoreticalandempiricalquestionsinthefield.
BooksintheSeries
DemocracyUnderGod:Constitutions,IslamandHumanRightsintheMuslimWorld
DawoodAhmedandMuhammadZubairAbbasi
BuddhismandComparativeConstitutionalLaw
EditedbyTomGinsburgandBenSchonthal
AmendingAmerica’sUnwrittenConstitution
EditedbyRichardAlbert,RyanC.WilliamsandYani
ConstitutionalismandaRighttoEffectiveGovernment?
EditedbyVickiC.JacksonandYasminDawood
TheFalloftheArabSpring:Democracy’sChallengesandEffortstoReconstitutethe
MiddleEast
TofighMaboudi
FilteringPopulistClaimstoFightPopulism:TheItalianCaseinaComparative
Perspective
GiuseppeMartinico
ConstitutionalisminContext
DavidS.Law
TheNewFourthBranch:InstitutionsforProtectingConstitutionalDemocracy
MarkTushnet
TheVeilofParticipation:CitizensandPoliticalPartiesinConstitution-MakingProcesses
AlexanderHudson
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ToweringJudges:AComparativeStudyofConstitutionalJudges
EditedbyRehanAbeyratneandIddoPorat
TheConstitutionofArbitration
VictorFerreresComella
RedraftingConstitutionsinDemocraticOrders:TheoreticalandComparativePerspectives
EditedbyGabrielL.Negretto
FromParchmenttoPractice:ImplementingNewConstitutions
EditedbyTomGinsburgandAzizZ.Huq
TheFailureofPopularConstitutionMakinginTurkey:RegressingTowards
ConstitutionalAutocracy
EditedbyFelixPetersenandZeynepYanas¸mayan
AQualifiedHope:TheIndianSupremeCourtandProgressiveSocialChange
EditedbyGeraldN.Rosenberg,SudhirKrishnaswamy,andShishirBail
ReconstructingRights:Courts,Parties,andEqualityRightsinIndia,SouthAfrica,and
theUnitedStates
StephanStohler
ConstitutionsinTimesofFinancialCrisis
EditedbyTomGinsburg,MarkD.Rosen,andGeorgVanberg
HybridConstitutionalism:ThePoliticsofConstitutionalReviewintheChineseSpecial
AdministrativeRegions
EricC.Ip
Constitution-MakingandTransnationalLegalOrder
EditedbyTomGinsburg,TerenceC.Halliday,andGregoryShaffer
TheInvisibleConstitutioninComparativePerspective
EditedbyRosalindDixonandAdrienneStone
ThePolitico-LegalDynamicsofJudicialReview:AComparativeAnalysis
TheunisRoux
ConstitutionalCourtsinAsia:AComparativePerspective
EditedbyAlbertH.Y.ChenandAndrewHarding
JudicialReviewinNorway:ABicentennialDebate
AnineKierulf
ConstituentAssemblies
EditedbyJonElster,RobertoGargarella,VatsalNaresh,andBjornErikRasch
TheDNAofConstitutionalJusticeinLatinAmerica:Politics,Governance,andJudicial
Design
DanielM.BrinksandAbbyBlass
TheAdventuresoftheConstituentPower:BeyondRevolutions?
AndrewArato
CanadaintheWorld:ComparativePerspectivesontheCanadianConstitution
EditedbyRichardAlbertandDavidR.Cameron
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Constitutions,ReligionandPoliticsinAsia:Indonesia,MalaysiaandSriLanka
DianA.H.Shah
CourtsandDemocraciesinAsia
PoJenYap
Proportionality:NewFrontiers,NewChallenges
EditedbyVickiC.JacksonandMarkTushnet
ConstituentsbeforeAssembly:Participation,Deliberation,andRepresentationinthe
CraftingofNewConstitutions
ToddA.Eisenstadt,A.CarlLeVan,andTofighMaboudi
AssessingConstitutionalPerformance
EditedbyTomGinsburgandAzizHuq
Buddhism,PoliticsandtheLimitsofLaw:ThePyrrhicConstitutionalismofSriLanka
BenjaminSchonthal
EngagingwithSocialRights:Procedure,ParticipationandDemocracyinSouthAfrica’s
SecondWave
BrianRay
ConstitutionalCourtsasMediators:ArmedConflict,Civil-MilitaryRelations,andthe
RuleofLawinLatinAmerica
JulioRíos-Figueroa
PerilsofJudicialSelf-GovernmentinTransitionalSocieties
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DavidKosar
MakingWethePeople:DemocraticConstitutionalFoundinginPostwarJapanandSouth
Korea
ChaiharkHahmandSungHoKim
RadicalDeprivationonTrial:TheImpactofJudicialActivismonSocioeconomicRightsin
theGlobalSouth
CésarRodríguez-GaravitoandDianaRodríguez-Franco
UnstableConstitutionalism:LawandPoliticsinSouthAsia
EditedbyMarkTushnetandMadhavKhosla
MagnaCartaandItsModernLegacy
EditedbyRobertHazellandJamesMelton
ConstitutionsandReligiousFreedom
FrankB.Cross
InternationalCourtsandthePerformanceofInternationalAgreements:AGeneralTheory
withEvidencefromtheEuropeanUnion
CliffordJ.CarrubbaandMatthewJ.Gabel
ReputationandJudicialTactics:ATheoryofNationalandInternationalCourts
ShaiDothan
SocialDifferenceandConstitutionalisminPan-Asia
EditedbySusanH.Williams
ConstitutionalisminAsiaintheEarlyTwenty-FirstCentury
EditedbyAlbertH.Y.Chen
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ConstitutionsinAuthoritarianRegimes
EditedbyTomGinsburgandAlbertoSimpser
PresidentialLegislationinIndia:TheLawandPracticeofOrdinances
ShubhankarDam
SocialandPoliticalFoundationsofConstitutions
EditedbyDenisJ.GalliganandMilaVersteeg
ConsequentialCourts:JudicialRolesinGlobalPerspective
EditedbyDianaKapiszewski,GordonSilverstein,andRobertA.Kagan
ComparativeConstitutionalDesign
EditedbyTomGinsburg
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Constitution Makers on Constitution Making
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University ofChicago
SUMIT BISARYA
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Contents
Listof Contributors page xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Introduction: Constitution Makers on Constitution Making 1
TomGinsburgand Sumit Bisarya
2 Making and Remaking Kenya’sConstitution 37
Christina Murray
3 Kosovo’sIndependenceConstitution: A Unilateral
Commitment toan InternationalizedPouvoirConstituant 77
Gresa Caka Nimani
4 Decisions, Deadlocks and Deadlinesin Making South
Africa’sConstitution 126
Hassen Ebrahim
5 Makers of Our OwnHistory:Upholding the Revolution
and Unsettling Colonialityin the Drafting of Tunisia’s
2014Constitution 151
MabroukaM’Barek
6 Nepal’sConstitutional Development and the Challenges
ofConstitution Making 194
Jeetendra Dev
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