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Behind a Veil of Ignorance? - Power and Uncertainty in Constitutional Design (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
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Behind a Veil of Ignorance? - Power and Uncertainty in Constitutional Design (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
Series: Studies in Public Choice, 32
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This volume is a very interesting research project that includes
the most careful work on constitutional power and limits to
authority of which I am aware. In general, the contributors find
that constitutional negotiations normally took place in settings
where uncertainty was considerable. They also find that the more
detailed the characterization of power relationships, the more
liberal and durable the democracy tends to be. Roger D. Congleton
This book addresses the issue of the impact of uncertainty in
constitutional design. To what extent do constitution drafters and
adopters make their decisions behind a veil of ignorance? More
fundamentally, can we infer from constitutional texts the degree of
uncertainty faced by constitution drafters and adopters? After an
introduction (chapter 1), the book proceeds in two parts. The first
part (chapters 2 to 4) introduces to the intellectual filiation of
the project and to its theoretical and methodological foundations.
The second part (chapters 5 to 13) presents nine case studies built
on the same structure: historical account of the making of the
Constitution, results of the content analysis of the constitutional
text, and discussion of specific issues raised in the analysis.
Chapter 14 concludes.
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