Comparative Matters: The Renaissance of Comparative Constitutional Law

Synopsis

Through An Extensive Exploration Of Comparative Constitutional Endeavours Past And Present, Near And Far, Ran Hirschl Shows How Attitudes Towards Engagement With The Constitutive Laws Of Others Reflect Tensions Between Particularism And Universalism As Well As Competing Visions Of Who 'we' Are As A Political Community. Drawing On Insights From Social Theory, Religion, History, Political Science, And Public Law, Hirschl Argues For An Interdisciplinary Approach Tocomparative Constitutionalism That Is Methodologically And Substantively Preferable To Merely Doctrinal Accounts. The Future Of Comparative Constitutional Studies, He Contends, Lies In Relaxing Thesharp Divide Between Constitutional Law And The Social Sciences.