Description
Book SynopsisConstitutions and political theory is a concise textbook offering a omprehensive analysis of the principal-agent problematic inherent in all forms of politics. It shows how rule of law institutions come in two forms that restrain opportunism in politics. And it traces the principal-agent perspective back to constitutionalism in political thought. -- .
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: CONSTITUTIONS AND RULE OF LAW – Two Interpretations of “Rule of Law”
SECTION I: CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS
1. Two Great Constitutional Legacies
2. Mini and Maxi Constitutions in the World
3. Constitutional Law and the Legal Order
SECTION II. RULE OF LAW INSTITUTIONS – EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
4. Relevance of Rule of Law: Some Outcomes
5. What Enhances Rule of Law?
SECTION III: CONSTITUTIONALISM IN POLITICAL THOUGHT
6. Emergence of Modern Constitutionalism around 1600
7. The Forerunners of the Principal-Agent Model of Politics
SECTION IV: A PRINCIPAL-AGENT INTERPRETATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
8. The Principal-Agent Problem in Politics
9. Political Leadership: How to Restrain Political Agents
SECTION V. AGENCY AND LEADERSHIP: POLITICAL PARTIES AND STATE GOVERNMENTS
10. Political Parties, Party Government and Remuneration for Agency
11. Global and Regional Constitutionalism: Constraining the Governments of States
CONCLUDING REMARK: ACCOUNTABILITY IN POLITICS
