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"[This] three-volume set provides a carefully considered selection of the most important articles to guide research into comparative constitutional law. Topics covered include historical studies of public law in different nations, theoretical accounts of rights and structures, detailed examinations of particular features common to many constitutions, and comparisons between a significant number of domestic jurisdictions. Together with an original introduction by the editor, this...research collection [contains 61 articles, dating from 1987 to 2015]."--

Unstable constitutionalism / Mark Tushnet and Madhav Khosla -- How to do constitutional law and politics in South Asia / Sujit Choudhry -- The locus of sovereign authority in Nepal / Mara Malagodi -- Representation, regime, and resistance in Nepal / Mahendra Lawoti -- Constitutionalism and extra-constitutionalism in Pakistan / Mohammad Waseem -- The judicialization of politics in Pakistan : the Supreme Court after the lawyers' movement / Osama Siddique -- Elections in democratic Bangladesh / M. Jashim Ali Chowdhury -- The indian supreme court and the art of democratic positioning / Pratap Bhanu Mehta -- The judicialization of politics in Bangladesh : pragmatism, legitimacy, and consequences / Ridwanul Hoque -- Debating federalism in Sri Lanka and Nepal / Rohan Edrisinha -- Constitutional form and reform in post-War Sri Lanka : towards a plurinational understanding / Asanga Welikala -- Constitutional federalism in the Indian Supreme Court / Sudhir Krishnaswamy

"The first paperback edition of a classic of American constitutional theory. The book is divided into two parts. In Part I Professor Tushnet appraises the five major competing "grand theories" of constitutional law and interpretation, and, argues that none of them satisfy their own requirements for coherence and judicial constraint. In Part II the author offers a descriptive sociology of constitutional doctrine and raises critical questions as to whether a grand theory is necessary, is it possible to construct a coherent, useful grand theory, and is construction of an uncontroversial grand theory possible? Professor Tushnet's new Afterword is organized in parallel fashion to the original text. Part I offers a new survey of the contemporary terrain of constitutional interpretation. Part II provides an extended discussion of the most prominent of contemporary efforts to provide an external analysis of constitutional law, the idea of regime politics. This includes discussion of major court decisions, including Bush v. Gore and Citizens United"--