Mark A. Graber is University of Maryland Regents Professor at the Francis King Carey School of Law Sanford Levinson is W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr., Centennial Chair in Law at the University of Texas Law School Mark Tushnet is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
This edited volume is an informative, insightful, and comprehensive
reference tool for those seeking to understand the conditions,
causes, and consequences of the contemporary decline in many
constitutional democratic orders worldwide. It makes a valuable
contribution to the multidisciplinary scholarship in
democratization, legal theory, and comparative politics,
particularly with its theoretical tools and empirical assessments
that improve our understanding of the current defects of democratic
regimes.
*Salvador Santino F. Regilme, Democratization*
Constitutional Democracy in Crisis? ... is a landmark account,
compulsory reading for any student of comparative constitutional
analysis. Containing a wide range of country studies from
constitutional lawyers, it also includes multi-disciplinary
investigations into the factors shaping the last decade of
decline.
*Martin Loughlin, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies*
Many are convinced that liberal constitutional democracy is in the
midst of a severe crisis, and is being replaced by illiberal
constitutional democracy. This important book analyses the reasons
for this development, both at the global level and at the national
level. It presents original and illuminating answers to the
question, 'Why is this shift occurring?' This scholarly foundation
is necessary for finding answers to the question of how this trend
can be reversed. The time is right for this book to be published by
its first-class authors, and it provides the intellectual
foundations necessary for each of us to cope with the changes that
are occurring in our own constitutional democracies, and to try to
turn the tide. For me, as a retired judge, the book provides food
for thought about where we went wrong, and what we can do to take
us in a new direction.
*Aharon Barak, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel;
Professor of Law at IDC Herzliya*
Constitutional democracies around the world are suffering assaults
from within. Globally, political freedoms are becoming weaker.
Democracy does not necessarily guarantee prosperity. This book
provides a superb appraisal of democracy's current crisis. Those
who wish to learn about what is happening to constitutional
democracies around the world should read this groundbreaking,
multiperspective, and transdisciplinary book.
*Sabino Cassese, Emeritus Justice, Italian Constitutional Court;
Emeritus Professor, University of Rome*
To question the current health of constitutional democracy is
implicitly to affirm that there are more chapters to be written
before we arrive at the end of history. Fortunately, we now have
the exquisitely crafted chapters in this unique collection of
essays to help us make sense of our current predicament. Written
against the backdrop of a multitude of ominous developments that
have shaken confidence in the stability and endurance of liberal
democratic institutions, the contributors to this timely volume
explore this portentous moment from all angles, leaving the reader
richly informed, if not sanguine, about future prospects. A careful
reading will, however, not end in despair, for as the most
disturbing threats to political freedom and economic justice
emanate from within, the challenge that they represent can also be
met from within.
*Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn, H. Malcolm Macdonald Professor of
Constitutional and Comparative Law, University of Texas at
Austin*
This book is an indispensable resource for understanding the rise
of illiberal populisms and the possibilities for sustaining
constitutionalism and democracy. Contributors include leading
global scholars of comparative constitutional law, whose chapters
provide a diverse empirical base from countries around the world
with which to evaluate constitutional democracy and its
contemporary challenges and competitors. Theories are tested, data
provided, and new concepts advanced - addressing, among other
topics, the role of political parties, political leaders, religion,
economic inequality, race, ethnicity, and immigration - in a set of
readable and relatively short chapters that, as much as any edited
scholarly collection could be, is a true "page-turner", hard to
stop reading once one starts.
*Vicki C. Jackson, Thurgood Marshall Professor of Constitutional
Law, Harvard Law School*
This rigorous, wide-ranging, and engaging volume is an
indispensable guide to the current crisis of constitutional
democracy. The volume's theoretical essays raise profound new
questions about the relationship between constitutionalism and
democracy. Its high quality empirical chapters help us understand
the global reach and historical roots of the current crisis. This
is a landmark book for our troubled times.
*Pratap B. Mehta, Vice-Chancellor, Ashoka University; past
President, Centre for Policy Research21/06/2018.*
At the end of the 20th century, constitutional democracy had gained
almost universal acceptance. At least, so it seemed. A decade
later, we see constitutional democracy declining or mutating into
more authoritarian forms of government in a number of countries. In
this timely book, more than forty outstanding authors from many
parts of the world offer a comprehensive analysis of this
development and its causes, which should be of paramount interest
not only to scholars and students of law and politics, but to
everyone concerned about public affairs.
*Dieter Grimm, Former Justice, Federal Constitutional Court of
Germany; Professor of Law, Humboldt University Berlin*
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