Design Of Constitutions

Acknowledgements 

Introduction Stefan Voigt

PART I GETTING STARTED: STATE OF THE ART AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES 
1. Dennis C. Mueller (2005), ‘Constitutional Political Economy in the European Union’
2. Donald L. Horowitz (2002), ‘Constitutional Design: Proposals Versus Processes’
3. Arend Lijphart (2002), ‘The Wave of Power-Sharing Democracy’ 

PART II THE RELEVANCE OF PROCEDURE FOR … 
4. Jon Elster (1995), ‘Forces and Mechanisms in the Constitution-Making Process’
5. Stefan Voigt (2004), ‘The Consequences of Popular Participation in Constitutional Choice—Towards a Comparative Analysis’
6. John M. Carey (2009), ‘Does It Matter How a Constitution Is Created?’
7. Tom Ginsburg, Zachary Elkins and Justin Blount (2009), ‘Does the Process of Constitution-Making Matter?’

PART III BASIC RIGHTS 
8. Lorenz Blume and Stefan Voigt (2007), ‘The Economic Effects of Human Rights’
9. Avi Ben-Bassat and Momi Dahan (2008), ‘Social Rights in the Constitution and in Practice’

PART IV STATE ORGANIZATION 
A ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
10. Torsten Persson, Gerard Roland and Guido Tabellini (2007), ‘Electoral Rules and Government Spending in Parliamentary Democracies’
11. Davide Ticchi and Andrea Vindigni (2010), ‘Endogenous Constitutions’ 

B FORM OF GOVERNMENT
12. Torsten Persson, Gérard Roland and Guido Tabellini (1997), ‘Separation of Powers and Political Accountability’
13. Philippe Aghion, Alberto Alesina and Francesco Trebbi (2004), ‘Endogenous Political Institutions’ 

C THE STRUCTURE OF THE LEGISLATURE: BICAMERALISM
14. Roger D. Congleton (2006), ‘On the Merits of Bicameral Legislatures: Intragovernmental Bargaining and Policy Stability’
15. Cecilia Testa (2010), ‘Bicameralism and Corruption’

D FEDERALISM
16. Rui J.P. de Figueiredo, Jr and Barry R. Weingast (2005), ‘Self-Enforcing Federalism’
17. Robert P. Inman and Daniel L. Rubinfeld (2005), ‘Federalism and the Democratic Transition: Lessons from South Africa’

E DIRECT DEMOCRACY
18. Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (2006), ‘Direct Democracy: Designing a Living Constitution’
19. Lorenz Blume, Jens Müller and Stefan Voigt (2009), ‘The Economic Effects of Direct Democracy – A First Global Assessment’ 

PART V BEYOND CONVENTIONAL PERSPECTIVES 
20. Bruce Ackerman (2000), ‘The New Separation of Powers’
21. Stefan Voigt and Eli M. Salzberger (2002), ‘Choosing Not to Choose: When Politicians Choose to Delegate Powers’
22. Tom Ginsburg (2006), ‘Locking in Democracy: Constitutions, Commitment, and International Law’
23. Stefan Voigt, Michael Ebeling and Lorenz Blume (2007), ‘Improving Credibility by Delegating Judicial Competence – the Case of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council’