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Constitutional Rigidity

Constitutional Rigidity is a structural property of a constitutional order whereby formal amendment and significant alteration of its provisions are made deliberately difficult through entrenched procedures and high legal or political thresholds, thereby limiting the scope for rapid or informal constitutional change.

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52

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30

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2017–2026

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Publications

38

Constitutional Law in the Age of Balancing

T. Alexander Aleinikoff · The Yale Law Journal · 1987 · 383 citations

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The Paradox of Constitutionalism: Constituent Power and Constitutional Form

Zoran Oklopčić · International Journal of Constitutional Law · 2008 · 359 citations · Full text

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The Ontology of Inertia: Resistance to Constraint Reconfiguration

Hongpu Yang · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026 · 123 citations · Full text

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English Constitutional Ideas in the Fifteenth Century

H. L. Gray, S. B. Chrimes · The American Historical Review · 1937 · 105 citations

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How to Measure Constitutional Rigidity

Astrid Lorenz · Journal of Theoretical Politics · 2005 · 101 citations

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Authors

52

  1. SB
    S. B. Chrimes

    2 publications · 109 citations

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  2. DE
    David E. Pozen

    Columbia University, United States

    2 publications · 45 citations

    2

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  3. JC
    Josh Chafetz

    Georgetown University, United States

    2 publications · 45 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. MV
    Mariana Velasco-Rivera

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. JT
    Justin T Callais

    Texas Tech University, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

30

  1. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  2. Cal Poly Humboldt

    Arcata, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    101 citations

  3. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  4. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  5. New York Law School

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  6. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    55 citations

  8. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

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Venues

  1. Columbia Law Review

    2 publications · 120 citations

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  2. Ratio Juris

    2 publications · 40 citations

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  3. International Journal of Constitutional Law

    2 publications · 375 citations

    2

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  4. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology

    2 publications · 97 citations

    2

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  5. Constitutional Political Economy

    CPE · 2 publications · 60 citations

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