Why constitutions matter / edited by Niclas Berggren, Nils Karlson, Joakim Nergelius.

Contributor Berggren, Niclas.

Imprint:New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, 2002.

Descriptionxvii, 291 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Note:Originally published: Stockholm : City University Press, 2000.

Note:Why do constitutions matter? / James Buchanan -- Why constitution? What constitution? Constraints on majority rule / Aleksander Peczenik -- The moral standing of democracy / Mats Lundström -- Parliamentary supremeacy under attack: the British constitution revisited / Joakim Nergelius -- Arbitary democracy / Sverker Härd -- Economic effects of political institutions, with special reference to constitutions / Niclas Berggren, Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard -- The evolution of constitutional qualities under the influence of global competition / Wolfgang Kasper -- Competition in government by federalism / Erik Moberg.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.

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