Contents

pp vii-viii

List of figures

pp ix-ix

List of tables

pp x-x

List of contributors

pp xi-xii

Acknowledgments

pp xiii-xiv

INTRODUCTION

pp 1-2

1 - Assessing constitutional performance

pp 3-36

PART I - DEFINING CONSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE

pp 37-38

2 - Hippocratic constitutional design

pp 39-70

3 - What is a good constitution? Assessing the constitutional proposal in the Icelandic experiment

pp 71-98

4 - When is a constitution doing well? The Alberdian test in the Americas

pp 99-133

5 - Parties and constitutional performance

pp 134-142

PART II - MANAGING SPECIFIC CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES

pp 143-144

6 - Constitutional performance in transitions from military to civilian rule

pp 145-170

7 - Constitutional permissiveness, constitutional restrictiveness, and religious freedom

pp 171-202

8 - Performance of constitutions: Transitional provisions

pp 203-232

9 - Time and constitutional efficacy

pp 233-267

10 - Competitive democracy and the constitutional minimum core

pp 268-292

PART III - CASE STUDIES

pp 293-294

11 - Ambedkar's constitution: Promoting inclusion, opposing majority tyranny

pp 295-336

12 - Assessing the Constitution of Kenya 2010 five years later

pp 337-364

13 - The Arab Spring constitutions: For whose benefit?

pp 365-392

14 - Stability in flexibility: A British lens on constitutional success

pp 393-420

Index

pp 421-431