What Can We Learn from Written Constitutions?

被引：7
作者：
Elkins, Zachary [1 ]
Ginsburg, Tom [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Govt, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[2] Univ Chicago, Sch Law, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
来源：
ANNUAL REVIEW OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, VOL 24, 2021 | 2021年 / 24卷
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
constitutions; political institutions; compliance; methodology; comparative law; comparative politics; MECHANISMS; EVOLUTION;
D O I：
10.1146/annurev-polisci-100720-102911
中图分类号：
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号：
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要：
This article responds to a set of well-known challenges to empirical research on formal institutions in comparative politics. We focus on the case of written constitutions and discuss the scholarly utility of studying such documents in the face of four analytic and theoretical challenges. Each of these challenges, in turn, implies a set of empirical questions, for which we invoke original data to sketch a broad-brushed set of answers. The data analysis and accompanying discussion suggest a set of guidelines for how written constitutions should be deployed in comparative research designs on topics that involve political institutions.
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页码：321 / 343
页数：23
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