TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elkins,Zachary
AU  - Ginsburg,Tom
AU  - Melton,James
TI  - Endurance of national constitutions
SN  - 9780521515504 (hbk.)
AV  - K3165 .E43 
U1  - 342.02 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Dauer
KW  - swd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-246) and index; Introduction -- How long should constitutions endure? -- Conceptualizing constitutions -- What makes constitutions endure? -- Identifying risks to constitutional life -- An epidemiological analysis of constitutional mortality -- Cases of constitutional mortality, Part I : similar contexts, contrasting outcomes -- Cases of constitutional mortality, Part II : contrasting contexts, similar outcomes
N2  - "In The Endurance of National Consitutions, the authors examine the causes of constitutional endurance from an institutional perspective. Using both statistical and case study evidence, they argue that certain design features can sustain constitutions even in the face of seemingly lethal crises."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -