00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000009635 20221101095213 0010-0520009635 221101################|##########|#eng## 978-0521515504 eng 342.02 342.02 ELK e Elkins, Zachary Ginsburg, Tom Melton, James Endurance of national constitutions Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 x, 260 p. : : ill. ; 24 cm. Constitutions are supposed to provide an enduring structure for politics. Yet only half live more than nineteen years. Why is it that some constitutions endure while others do not? In The Endurance of National Constitutions, Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg, and James Melton examine the causes of constitutional endurance from an institutional perspective. Supported by an original set of cross-national historical data, theirs is the first comprehensive study of constitutional mortality. They show that whereas constitutions are imperiled by social and political crises, certain aspects of a constitutions design can lower the risk of death substantially. Thus, to the extent that endurance is desirable - a question that the authors also subject to scrutiny - the decisions of founders take on added importance. Constitutional law. Constitutional history. 22557/MKRI-P/XI-2011 22557/MKRI-P/XI-2011