How Do Constitutions Succeed?: al-Ali & Varol

Chair: Sumit Bisarya, International IDEA

Zaid al-Ali, International IDEA Cairo
"The Arab Spring Constitutions"
Comments by Nathan Brown, George Washington University

Ozal Varol, Lewis and Clark Law School
"Constitutions that Transition from Military Rule"
Comments by Jose Cheibub, University of Illinois

This workshop brought together scholars engaged in constitutional design, as well as practitioners, to engage on a range of theoretical and mid-level problems concerning the defining and measurement of constitutions’ performance. Theoretical perspectives will be co-mingled with case studies from country experts, as well as thematic papers that look at a particular institution or policy problem across several cases.

Recorded April 2015.