Political Parties and Constitutionalism

Pildes, Richard H.

Political Parties and Constitutionalism

RESEARCH HANDBOOK IN COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, Rosalind Dixon, Tom Ginsburg, eds., Forthcoming

NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 10-13

21 Pages Posted: 11 Feb 2010 Last revised: 3 Mar 2010

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Richard H. Pildes

New York University School of Law

Date Written: February 10, 2010

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.

Keywords: political parties, comparative constitutionalism, democracy

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

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: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1550905