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Books
Comparative Matters: The Renaissance of Comparative Constitutional Studies
(Harvard University Press, forthcoming)
Constitutional Theocracy
(Harvard University Press, 2010)
Winner of the Dennis Leslie Mahoney Prize in Legal Theory
Reviewed in: Public Law; Law & Politics Book Review; Choice; Concurring Opinions; Daily Times (Pakistan); Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies; Osgoode Hall Law Review; Perspectives on Politics; Rorotoko
Towards Juristocracy: The Origins and Consequences of the New Constitutionalism
(Harvard University Press, 2004 & 2007)
Reviewed in: Annual Review of Political Science (review essay), Choice, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of International Law, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Law & Politics Book Review, Law & Society Review (review essay), Maryland Law Review, McGill Law Journal, Modern Law Review, New York Times Sunday Magazine, NJB (review essay, Dutch), NYU Journal of International Law & Politics, Texas Law Review (review essay).
Edited Collections
North American Constitutionalism
(Christopher L. Eisgruber and Ran Hirschl, eds.)
I-CON International Journal of Constitutional Law (April 2006)
Articles in Refereed Journals, Law Reviews & Books
"The Strategic Foundations of Constitutions"
The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions
(Denis Galligan and Mila Verseeg, eds.; Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in 2013)
"From Comparative Constitutional Law to Comparative Constitutional Studies"
I-CON International Journal of Constitutional Law 11 (2013): 1-12
"Theocratic and other Strong-Establishment Constitutional Orders"
The Blackwell Companion to Religious Diversity
(Kevin Schilbrack, ed.; Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming in 2013)
"The New World of Selective Migration Regimes" (with Ayelet Shahcar)
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 20 (forthcoming in 2013)
"Courts and Democracy in the 21st Century"
Representation 49 (forthcoming in 2013)
"Constitutional Law and Religion: Asian Perspectives"
Comparative Constitutional Law in Asia
(Tom Ginsburg and Rosalind Dixon eds.; Edward Elgar, forthcoming in 2013)
"The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Federalism and the Theocratic Challenge"
The Global Promise of Federalism
(Grace Skogstad et al. eds.; University of Toronto Press, forthcoming in 2013)
"Les cours constitutionnelles en tant qu'agents secularistateurs dans les contextes religioux"
Revue Francaise de Science Politique 62 (forthcoming in 2013)
"Language Games: The Constitutional Construction of Religion in Israel and Malaysia"
Constitutionalism and Social Difference in a Pan-Asian Perspective
(Susan Williams, ed.; Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in 2013)
"The Constitutional Boundaries of Religious Accommodation" (with Ayelet Shachar)
Constitutional Secularism in an Age of Religious Revival
(Michel Rosenfeld ed.; Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2013)
"The Origins of the 'New Constitutionalism': Lessons from the 'Old Constitutionalism'"
The New Constitutionalism and the Future of Global Governance
(Stephen Gill and Claire Cutler, eds.; Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in 2013)
"Constitutional Courts as Bulwarks of Secularism"
Consequential Courts: Judicial Roles in Global Perspective
(Robert Kagan et al., eds.; Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 311-334
"The Fuzzy Boundaries of (Un)Constitutionality: Two Tales of Political Jurisprudence"
University of Queensland Law Journal 31 (2012): 319-327
"Across the Seven Seas of Constitutional Law and Religion"
Sydney Law Review 35 (forthcoming in 2012)
"Entailed Citizenship" (with Ayelet Shachar)
Inherited Wealth, Justice and Equality
(John Cunliffe and Guido Erreygers, eds.; Routledge, 2012), pp. 81-97
"The Political Economy of Constitutionalism in a Non-Secularist World"
Comparative Constitutional Design
(Tom Ginsburg, ed.; Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 164-192
"The Nordic Counter-Narrative: Democracy, Human Development and Judicial Review"
I-CON International Journal of Constitutional Law 9 (2011): 449-469
"Constitutional Law Meets Comparative Politics: Socio-Economic Rights & Political Realities" (with Evan Rosevear) The Legal Protection of Human Rights: Sceptical Essays (Tom Campbell et al., eds.; Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 207-228
"Comparative Constitutional Law and Religion"
Comparative Constitutional Law
(Tom Ginsburg and Rosalind Dixon eds.; Edward Elgar, 2011), pp. 422-440
"Constitutionalism in a Theocratic World"
The Limits of Constitutional Democracy
(Stephen Macedo and Jeffrey Tulis eds.; Princeton University Press, 2010), pp. 256-279
"The Continued Renaissance of Comparative Constitutional Law"
Tulsa Law Review 45 (2010): 771-781
"Holy Glocalization: Constitutional Law and Sacred Texts in the Non-Secular World"
Harvard International Review 32 (Summer 2010): 38-43
"The Judicialization of Politics"
The Oxford Handbook of Political Science
(Robert E. Goodin, ed.; Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 253-274
"The Socio-Political Origins of Israel's Juristocracy"
Constellations 16 (2009): 476-492
"The Realist Turn in Comparative Constitutional Politics"
Political Research Quarterly 62 (2009): 825-833
"The New Wall of Separation: Permitting Diversity, Restricting Competition" (with Ayelet Shachar)
Cardozo Law Review 30 (2009): 2535-2560
"The 'Design Sciences' and Constitutional 'Success'"
Texas Law Review 87 (2009): 1339-1374
"Montesquieu and the Renaissance of Comparative Constitutional Law"
Montesquieu and His Legacy
(Rebecca Kingston ed.; SUNY Press, 2009), pp. 199-220
"Juristocracy vs. Theocracy?
Constitutional Courts and the Containment of 'Sacred Law'"
Middle East Law & Governance 1/2 (2009): 129-165
"Constitutional Courts and Social Welfare Rights:
The 'Weak Courts, Strong Rights' Argument Re-examined"
Ottawa Law Review 40 (2009): 173-183
"The Judicialization of Politics"
Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics
(Keith Whittington et al., eds.; Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. 119-141
"The Judicialization of Mega-Politics and the Rise of Political Courts"
Annual Review of Political Science 11 (2008): 93-118
"Comparative Constitutional Law: Thoughts on Substance and Method"
Indian Journal of Constitutional Law 2 (2008): 11-37
"Comparative Constitutional Law"
Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States
(Macmillan, 2008)
"The Rise of Constitutional Theocracy"
Harvard International Law Journal 49 (2008): 72-82
"The Theocratic Challenge to Constitution Drafting in Post-Conflict States"
William & Mary Law Review 49 (2008): 1179-1211
"Canada's Contribution to the Comparative Study of Rights and Judicial Review"
The Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science
(Richard Simeon et al. eds.; UBC Press, 2008), pp. 77-98
"Citizenship as Inherited Property" (with Ayelet Shachar)
Political Theory 35 (2007): 253-287
"The Constitution Act, 1982 and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms"
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
(Oxford University Press, 2007)
"The New Constitutionalism and the Judicialization of Pure Politics Worldwide"
Fordham Law Review 75 (2006): 721-754
Translated to Portuguese and reprinted in:
Revista de Direito Administrativo 251 (2009): 139-177
"On the Blurred Methodological Matrix of Comparative Constitutional Law"
The Migration of Constitutional Ideas
(Sujit Choudhry ed.; Cambridge University Press, 2006), pp. 39-66
"Prologue: North American Constitutionalism?"
I-CON International Journal of Constitutional Law 4 (2006): 203-212
"The Question of Case Selection in Comparative Constitutional Law"
American Journal of Comparative Law 53 (2005): 125-155
"Constitutionalism, Judicial Review, and Progressive Change"
Texas Law Review 84 (2005): 471-507
"Constitutional Transformation, Gender Equality, and Religious/National Conflict
in Israel: Tentative Progress through the Obstacle Course" (with Ayelet Shachar)
The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence
(Beverly Baines and Ruth Rubio-Marin eds.; Cambridge University Press, 2005), pp. 205-229
"Preserving Hegemony?
Assessing the Political Origins of the EU Constitution"
I-CON International Journal of Constitutional Law 3 (2005): 269-292
An extended version of the above article appeared in:
Altneuland: The EU Constitution in a Comparative Perspective
Joseph H.H. Weiler and Christopher L. Eisgruber eds.; Jean Monnet Working Paper 5/04
[http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/04/040501-05.html]
"Constitutional Courts vs. Religious Fundamentalism:
Three Middle Eastern Tales"
Texas Law Review 82 (2004): 1819-1860
"Constitutional Rights Jurisprudence in Canada and the United States:
Substantive Convergence or Enduring Divergence?"
Constitutional Politics in Canada and the United States
(Stephen Newman ed.; SUNY Press, 2004), pp. 63-88
"'Juristocracy' - Political, not Juridical"
The Good Society 14 (2004): 6-11
"The Political Origins of the New Constitutionalism"
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 11 (2004): 71-108
"Repositioning the Judicialization of Politics: Bush v. Gore as a Global Trend"
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 15 (2002): 191-218
"Beyond the American Experience: The Global Expansion of Judicial Review"
Marbury v. Madison: Documents and Commentary
(Mark Graber ed.; Congressional Quarterly Press, 2002), pp. 129-153
"The Political Origins of Judicial Empowerment through Constitutionalization:
Lessons from Israel's Constitutional Revolution"
Comparative Politics 32 (2001): 315-336
"Civil Society v. The State of Israel: Two Conceptions of Civil Society
and the Israeli Supreme Court's Constitutional Jurisprudence"
Israel: From Mobilized to Civil Society?
(Yoav Peled and Adi Ophir eds.; Van Leer Institute, 2001), pp. 305-336
"Negative Rights vs. Positive Entitlements: A Comparative Study of Judicial
Interpretations of Rights in an Emerging Neo-Liberal Economic Order"
Human Rights Quarterly 22 (2000): 1060-1098
"The Political Origins of Judicial Empowerment through the
Constitutionalization of Rights: Lessons from Four Polities"
Law & Social Inquiry 25 (2000): 91-149
Excerpt reprinted in: The Democracy Sourcebook
(Robert Dahl and Ian Shapiro eds.; MIT Press, 2004), pp. 232-245
"The Great Economic-Juridical Shift: The Legal Arena and the
Transformation of Israel's Economic Order"
The New Israel: Peacemaking & Liberalization
(Gershon Shafir ed.; Westview Press, 2000), pp. 189-215
"Looking Sideways, Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards:
Judicial Review vs. Democracy in Comparative Perspective"
University of Richmond Law Review 34 (2000): 415-441
"The Struggle for Hegemony: Explaining the Expansion of Judicial Power
through the Constitutionalization of Rights in Culturally-Divided Polities"
Stanford Journal of International Law 36 (2000): 73-118
"The 'Constitutional Revolution' and the Emergence of a New Economic Order in Israel" Israel Studies 2 (1998): 136-155
The Judicial Interpretation of Entrenched Civil Liberties
in an Emerging Neo-Liberal Economic Order"
American Journal of Comparative Law 46 (1998): 427-452
Book Reviews
Silvio Ferrari and Rinaldo Cristofori, Law and Religion in the 21st Century (Ashgate, 2010)
Journal of Church and State 54 (2012)
Ian Greene, The Courts (UBC Press, 2006)
Canadian Journal of Political Science 40 (2007)
Michael Keren, Zichroni vs. State of Israel: The Biography of a Civil Rights Lawyer
(Lexington Books, 2002)
American Journal of Legal History 46 (2004)
Tom Ginsburg, Judicial Review in New Democracies: Constitutional Courts in Asian Cases (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
Law & Politics Book Review 13 (2003)
Other Writings
I-CONnect Blog (I-CON International Journal of Constitutional Law)
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