Ran Hirschl Libri

Drawing on a comparative inquiry into the political origins and legal consequences of recent constitutional revolutions in Canada, Israel, New Zealand, and South Africa, Hirschl shows that the trend toward constitutionalization is best understood as the product of strategic interplay among hegemonic yet threatened economic and political elites.

Charting the history and analytical underpinnings of comparative constitutional inquiry, this book probes the various types, aims, and methodologies of engagement with the constitutive laws of others through the ages. It explores how and why comparative constitutional inquiry has been and ought to be pursued by academics and jurists worldwide.