Constitutional Design is a subfield of constitutional theory and comparative public law that analyzes and prescribes the intentional structuring of a polity’s fundamental legal and political institutions—such as the allocation of powers, decision-making procedures, and rights protections—so as to achieve specified normative and functional objectives under given social and historical constraints.
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The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
John Hatchard · Journal of African Law · 1994 · 4.2K citations
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University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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51 publications
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Chicago Kent College of Law
Chicago, United States
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Yale University
New Haven, United States
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25 publications
1.2K citations
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, United States
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University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, United States
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20 publications
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London School of Economics and Political Science
London, United Kingdom
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University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
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Harvard University Press
Cambridge, United States
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AHR · 75 publications · 3.7K citations
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- SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 111 publications · 3.8K citations
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