As taught in schools, the history of the U.S. Constitution is relatively straightforward. In 1787, a group of 55 men gathered in Philadelphia to debate the rules that would govern the new nation. Over ...

Under what circumstances do new constitutions promote democracy? Between 1974 and 2011, the level of democracy increased in 62 countries following the adoption of a new constitution, but decreased or ...

Making of the Indian Constitution was not solely an elite exercise anchored in the Constituent Assembly. The Indian public took an active part in the process As the clock struck 11am on December 9, ...

This , there were several factors at play. Among them was the unlikely issue of the Constitution. In an email interview with KetakiDesai, academics Rohit De and Ornit Shani, who have done extensive ...

“Have you seen the Constitution?” Vinay Kumar, 40, asked everyone who looked into the stall as he pointed to the tome resting on a wooden stand. Visitors to the “Constitution Curious” stall at the ...

The coup d'état was a common device of regime-change in post-independence Africa. The failures of governance of post-independence states even led some observers to see the coup as in some ...

The National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) has been faulted for not turning its attention to the process of constitution-making. This is far from the truth. While the NMSJ’s current proposals are ...

The story of the making of India’s Constitution, as usually told, begins in Delhi. As the clock struck 11 on December 9 1946, the story goes, the Constituent Assembly convened for the first time in ...