Notes on contributors, Introduction Jon Elster 1. Gag rules or the politics of omission Stephen Holmes 2. Democracy as a contingent outcome of conflicts Adam Przeworski 3. Consequences of constitutional choice: reflections on Tocqueville Jon Elster 4. Liberal constitutionalism and its critics: Carl Schmitt and Max Weber Rune Slagstad 5. Democracy and the rule of law: some historical experiences of contradictions in the striving for good government Francis Sejersted 6. Neo-federalism? Bruce A. Ackerman 7. Precommitment and the paradox of democracy Stephen Holmes 8. American constitutionalism and the paradox of private property Jennifer Nedelsky 9. From liberal constitutionalism to corporate pluralism: the conflict over the enabling acts in Norway after the Second World War and the subsequent constitutional development Francis Sejersted 10. Arguments of constitutional choice: reflections on the transition to socialism Jon Elster 11. Constitutions and democracies: an epilogue Cass R. Sunstein Index.
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