Constitutional design encompasses the formal arrangements by which political authority is allocated, constrained and renewed. These arrangements include the choice of executive and legislative ...

Constitutional design and democratic governance examine how written or unwritten foundational rules shape political institutions, allocate power and safeguard rights. Central concerns include the ...

In a letter written to James Madison from Paris, Thomas Jefferson opined that “no society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. . . . Every constitution, then, and every law, ...

The United States Constitution was signed by the members of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. We have entered the 237th year of our national Constitution, which ...

There are numerous options for how to hold a convention. Let's not rush in and instead make sure we get the very best option for lasting democratic change in Britain. Here are some things to consider.

How to manage ethnic division has been Ethiopia’s core political predicament for the last five decades. Attempts by successive regimes to promote ethnic inclusion as well as national cohesion have not ...

Nepal, June 28 -- Every generation in Nepal is tempted to believe that its constitutional frustrations can be solved by finding the right leader, and thus, rediscovers, once every few years, an old ...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Constitution. The Constitution – which was framed over a period of three years, and during the tumult of the Partition as well as the incorporation of the ...