Constitution Makers on Constitution Making

Tom Ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Professor of International Law at the University of Chicago, where he also holds an appointment in the Political Science Department. His books include Democracies and Constitutional Law (2021); How to Save a Constitutional Democracy (2018, with Aziz Z. Huq); The Endurance of National Constitutions (2009, with Zachary Elkins and James Melton), which won the best book award from Comparative Democratization Section of American Political Science Association; Judicial Review in New Democracies (2003), and over 20 edited volumes. Sumit Bisarya is Head of Constitution Building Process Programme at International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). Previously he was the Senior Constitutions Advisor with the United Nations Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. He has over a decade of experience in providing constitutional assistance in over 15 countries around the world.

1. Introduction: Constitution makers on constitution making Tom Ginsburg and Sumit Bisarya; 2. Making and remaking Kenya's constitution Christina Murray; 3. Kosovo's Independence constitution: A Unilateral commitment to an internationalized pouvoir constituant Gresa Caka; 4. Decisions deadlocks and deadlines in making South Africa's constitution Hassen Ebrahim; 5. Tunisia's constitution: Drafting in a context of revolution and counter-revolution (2011-2014) Mabrouka M'Barek; 6. Nepal's constitutional development and the challenges of constitution making Jeetendra Dev; 7. The constituent process in Ecuador Norman Wray with Jacob Hamburger; 8. Burundu: The search for constitutional peace Didace Kiganahe.