Behind a Veil of Ignorance? Power and Uncertainty in Constitutional Design /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Imbeau, Louis M. (Editor), Jacob, Steve (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Studies in Public Choice, 32
• Subjects: Political science.; Political theory.; Political economy.; Comparative politics.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Theory.; Comparative Politics.; Political Economy.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Intellectual filiation, theory and method
• Uncertainty in constitutional decision-making: the sociological legacy
• Uncertainty in constitutional decision-making: the political-economy legacy
• Measuring the opacity of the Veil of Ignorance in constitutions: Theory, method
• Part 2: Case studies
• The USA
• Canada
• Belgium
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Greece
• Switzerland
• Estonia
• Tunisia
• Cameroon
• Conclusion.