LEADER 04072nam 22006735 450 001 9910484964403321 005 20200920144752.0 010 $a3-319-14953-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-14953-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000359129 035 $a(EBL)1998257 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001452141 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11808771 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001452141 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11479317 035 $a(PQKB)10810032 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-14953-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1998257 035 $a(PPN)184498236 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000359129 100 $a20150219d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBehind a Veil of Ignorance? $ePower and Uncertainty in Constitutional Design /$fedited by Louis M. Imbeau, Steve Jacob 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Public Choice,$x0924-4700 ;$v32 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-14952-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPart 1: Intellectual filiation, theory and method -- Uncertainty in constitutional decision-making: the sociological legacy -- Uncertainty in constitutional decision-making: the political-economy legacy -- Measuring the opacity of the Veil of Ignorance in constitutions: Theory, method -- Part 2: Case studies -- The USA -- Canada -- Belgium -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Greece -- Switzerland -- Estonia -- Tunisia -- Cameroon -- Conclusion. 330 $aThis volume is a very interesting research project that includes the most careful work on constitutional power and limits to authority of which I am aware. In general, the contributors find that constitutional negotiations normally took place in settings where uncertainty was considerable. They also find that the more detailed the characterization of power relationships, the more liberal and durable the democracy tends to be. Roger D. Congleton This book addresses the issue of the impact of uncertainty in constitutional design. To what extent do constitution drafters and adopters make their decisions behind a veil of ignorance? More fundamentally, can we infer from constitutional texts the degree of uncertainty faced by constitution drafters and adopters? After an introduction (chapter 1), the book proceeds in two parts. The first part (chapters 2 to 4) introduces to the intellectual filiation of the project and to its theoretical and methodological foundations. The second part (chapters 5 to 13) presents nine case studies built on the same structure: historical account of the making of the Constitution, results of the content analysis of the constitutional text, and discussion of specific issues raised in the analysis. Chapter 14 concludes. 410 0$aStudies in Public Choice,$x0924-4700 ;$v32 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aComparative government 606 $aEconomics 606 $aPolitical Theory$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911010 606 $aComparative Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911040 606 $aInternational Political Economy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912140 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aComparative government. 615 0$aEconomics. 615 14$aPolitical Theory. 615 24$aComparative Politics. 615 24$aInternational Political Economy. 676 $a342.02 702 $aImbeau$b Louis M$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aJacob$b Steve$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484964403321 996 $aBehind a Veil of Ignorance$92853690 997 $aUNINA