How Do Constitutions Succeed?: Shaprio & Gargarella

Chair: Alexandra Huneeus, University of Wisconsin

Introduction, Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Huq, University of Chicago Law School

Martin Shapiro, UC Berkeley School of Law
"Political Parties and Constitutional Performance"
Comments by Nick Stephanopoulos, University of Chicago Law School

Roberto Gargarella, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina
"When is a Constitution doing well? The Alberdian test in the Americas"
Comments by Javier Couso, University Diego Portales, Chile

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.