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Constitutional Translation

Constitutional Translation is a scholarly method within the field of comparative constitutional law that involves the adaptation of constitutional norms, principles, or institutions from one legal system to another, distinguished by its focus on the linguistic, cultural, and structural transformation required to render foreign constitutional concepts functionally intelligible and operable within a distinct constitutional order.

15

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486

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15

Authors

13

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

15

On the Interpretability of Law: Lessons from the Decoding of National Constitutions

Tom Ginsburg, James Melton, Zachary Elkins et al. · eYLS (Yale Law School) · 2013 · 78 citations

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Who Shall Interpret? The Quest for the Ultimate Constitutional Interpreter

Walter F. Murphy · The Review of Politics · 1986 · 68 citations

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The<i>Sunnah Jāmi'ah</i>, pacts with the Ya<u>th</u>rib Jews, and the<i>Taḥrīm</i>of Ya<u>th</u>rib: analysis and translation of the documents comprised in the so-called ‘Constitution of Medina’

R. B. Serjeant · Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies · 1978 · 64 citations

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On the Interpretability of Law: Lessons from the Decoding of National Constitutions

James Melton, Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg et al. · British Journal of Political Science · 2012 · 56 citations · Full text

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Originalism and Constitutional Construction

Lawrence B. Solum · Fordham law review · 2013 · 45 citations · Full text

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Authors

15

  1. TG
    Tom Ginsburg

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 134 citations

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  2. JM
    James Melton

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 134 citations

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  3. ZE
    Zachary Elkins

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 134 citations

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  4. KL
    Kalev Leetaru

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 134 citations

    2

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  5. LL
    Lawrence Lessig

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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Institutions

13

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    290 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    134 citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    56 citations

  4. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  5. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  6. North-West University

    Potchefstroom, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  7. Fordham University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  8. Edinburgh College

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 29 citations

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  2. The Review of Politics

    1 publications · 68 citations

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  3. German Law Journal

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 1 publications · 22 citations

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