In recent years, the judicialization of politics worldwide has expanded its scope to
encompass what we may term “mega-politics”—matters of outright and utmost political …

One of the central questions in constitutional theory is how constitutions can be used to
better protect against threats to the democratic order. This question has taken on new …

Unlike many other countries, the United States has few constitutional guarantees of social
welfare rights such as income, housing, or healthcare. In part this is because many …

How control over information creation, processing, flows, and use has become the most
effective form of power: theoretical foundations and empirical examples of information policy …

Constitutional law in the United States and around the world now operates within an
increasingly transnational legal environment of international treaties, customary …

Over the last few decades the world has witnessed a profound transfer of power from
representative institutions to judiciaries, whether domestic or supranational. The concept of …

A deep tension exists in many parts of the world between commitments to democracy and
procedures for constitutional amendment. Amendments are frequently passed that follow …

International law provides states with a common definition of a" refugee" as well as
guidelines outlining how asylum claims should be decided. Yet even across nations with …

The migration of constitutional ideas across jurisdictions is one of the central features of
contemporary constitutional practice. The increasing use of comparative jurisprudence in …

T he 2006 controversy surrounding the Danish cartoons mocking Islam provides an
illuminating window into the problem of what may be termed democratic intolerance'-that is …