Political Parties and Constitutionalism

Pildes, Richard H.

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Political Parties and Constitutionalism

Richard H. Pildes

New York University School of Law

February 10, 2010

RESEARCH HANDBOOK IN COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, Rosalind Dixon, Tom Ginsburg, eds., Forthcoming
NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 10-13

Abstract:
This exercise in comparative constitutionalism surveys how constitutional texts, constitutional doctrine, and constitutional traditions across different countries address the now well-recognized centrality of political parties to democracy. The essay is a book chapter in the forthcoming Research Handbook in Comparative Constitutional Law.

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Keywords: political parties, comparative constitutionalism, democracy

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Date posted: February 11, 2010 ; Last revised: March 3, 2010

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Pildes, Richard H., Political Parties and Constitutionalism (February 10, 2010). RESEARCH HANDBOOK IN COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, Rosalind Dixon, Tom Ginsburg, eds., Forthcoming; NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 10-13. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1550905

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