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Constitutional Flexibility

**Constitutional Flexibility** is a structural property of a constitutional order that denotes the relative ease and adaptability with which its formal rules and institutional arrangements can be altered or reinterpreted in response to changing political, social, or economic circumstances, as contrasted with constitutional rigidity.

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Freedom and growth: Do constitutions matter?

Xavier de Vanssay, Zane A. Spindler · Public Choice · 1994 · 134 citations

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Does the Constitutional Amendment Rule Matter at All? Amendment Cultures and the Challenges of Measuring Amendment Difficulty

Tom Ginsburg, James Melton · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2014 · 125 citations · Full text

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The Treaty of Amsterdam: Challenges of Flexibility and Legitimacy

Jo Shaw · European Law Journal · 1998 · 123 citations

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A Long Constitution is a (Positively) Bad Constitution: Evidence from OECD Countries

George Tsebelis, Dominic J. Nardi · British Journal of Political Science · 2014 · 104 citations

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How can constitutions be designed so that politicians who seek to serve “public interest” can survive and prosper?

James M. Buchanan · Constitutional Political Economy · 1993 · 75 citations

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Authors

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  1. AB
    Arthur Benz

    Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

    3 publications · 124 citations

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  2. ZA
    Zane A. Spindler

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    3 publications · 198 citations

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  3. XD
    Xavier de Vanssay

    York University, Canada

    3 publications · 198 citations

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  4. TG
    Tom Ginsburg

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 180 citations

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  5. RJ
    Roberto Junguito

    2 publications · 64 citations

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Institutions

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  1. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    230 citations

  2. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    198 citations

  3. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    39 citations

  4. Texas Tech University

    Lubbock, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    45 citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    29 citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    147 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    159 citations

  8. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    87 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 5 publications · 255 citations

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  2. Constitutional Political Economy

    CPE · 3 publications · 155 citations

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  3. Ratio Juris

    3 publications · 62 citations

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  4. Publius The Journal of Federalism

    2 publications · 106 citations

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  5. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 2 publications · 33 citations

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