Series General Editors: Peter Leyland and Andrew Harding
Associate Editors: Benjamin L. Berger and Grégoire Webber
In the era of globalisation issues of constitutional law and good governance are being seen increasingly as vital issues in all types of society. Since the end of the cold war there have been dramatic developments in democratic and legal reform, and post-conflict societies are also in the throes of reconstructing their governance systems. Even societies already firmly based on constitutional governance and the rule of law have undergone constitutional change and experimentation with new forms of governance; and their constitutional systems are increasingly subjected to comparative analysis and transplantation. Constitutional texts for practically every country in the world are now easily available on the internet. However, texts which enable one to understand the true context, purposes, interpretation, and incidents of a constitutional system are much harder to locate, and are often extremely detailed and descriptive. This series seeks to provide scholars and students with accessible introductions to the constitutional systems of the world, supplying both a road map for the novice and, at the same time, a deeper understanding of the key historical, political, and legal events which have shaped the constitutional landscape of each country. Each book in the series deals with a single country or a group of countries with a common constitutional history, and each author is an expert in their field.
ENDORSEMENT
"This superb series provides sophisticated and up-to-date introductions to the major constitutional systems of the world, accurately and clearly describing not only the current constitutional rules and structures, but also (and equally importantly) setting them in their historical and cultural context. For those who wish to delve more deeply, each volume contains an extensive bibliography. There is no other series of guides quite like it, and several of the volumes now form the core of the course in comparative constitutional law at the University of Pennsylvania, where they have been warmly embraced by the students."
William B. Ewald
Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania Law School
REVIEWS
"We are promised contextual analyses, situating constitutions in their national history and explaining their underlying principles. The idea is at once admirable and innovative: it is difficult to think of any other recent series with the same ambition."
Andrew McDonald
The Law & Politics Book Review
"I just wanted to congratulate you on your series "Constitutional Systems of the World". I have bought a couple of volumes (the one on Germany is really good given the limited space) and now I was impressed by the volume on Thailand. I think that particularly by including countries which normally don't get attention, you do a great service to a more modern comparative constitutionalism. I hope that this collection will grow!"
Dr. Jörg Menzel
Associate Professor, University of Bonn, Germany
"Most of all, I see in the Hart Publishing' series "Constitutional Systems of the World [A Contextual Analysis]" a chance to equal legal-cultural self-expression offered to each constitutional system of the world. This is why the books of the series are not written in an encrypted highly academic juridical language. Being addressed to a wide range public, these works are not necessarily juridical scientific instruments, instead they could simply witness for the extraordinary diversity of the world constitutional systems and cultures. At his/her turn, before proceeding to either optimistic quest for constitutional (cultural) convergence or sophisticated uncovering of petrified constitutional (cultural) differences, the comparativist has the chance to hear the voice of the constitutional system to be analyzed. Being, regularly, written by native scholars, the books of this series are more or less objective looks from within, highlighting both the domestic inter-subjective academic or doctrinal perceptions of the national constitutional system and culture and the personal, presumably subjective, experience of the author."
Manuel Gutan
The Romanian Journal of Comparative Law
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