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Louis M. Imbeau () and Steve Jacob ()
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Louis M. Imbeau: Université Laval
Steve Jacob: Université Laval

Chapter Chapter 1 in Behind a Veil of Ignorance?, 2015, pp 1-6 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This book addresses the issue of the impact of uncertainty in constitutional design. To what extent do constitution drafters and adopters make their decisions «behind a veil of ignorance»? More fundamentally, can we infer from constitutional texts the degree of uncertainty faced by constitution drafters and adopters? The book proceeds in two parts. The first part (Chaps. 2 – 4 ) introduces to the intellectual filiation of the project and to its theoretical and methodological foundations. The second part (Chaps. 5 – 13 ) presents nine case studies built on the same structure: historical account of the making of the Constitution, results of the content analysis of the constitutional text, and discussion of specific issues raised in the analysis. Chapter 14 concludes.

Keywords: Veto Player; Follow Case Study; Constitution Drafter; Constitutional Political Economy; Constitutional Convention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14953-0_1

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