Principles of Constitutional Design /

Lutz, Donald S.

Principles of Constitutional Design / Donald S. Lutz. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2006. - xiv, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Constitutionalism : an initial overview and introduction -- Sovereignty -- Popular sovereignty -- The separation of powers -- Analyzing the interaction between popular control and the separation of powers in the amendment process -- Matching a government to a people -- An overview of the constitutional design project -- An underlying constitutional logic : rational actors?

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Constitutions.
Comparative government.
Separation of powers.
Sovereignty.

JF128 / .L88 2006

342.02 / LUT