Comparing Constitutions and International Constitutional Law: A Primer (original) (raw)

15 Pages Posted: 10 Nov 2009 Last revised: 13 Feb 2011

Date Written: February 10, 2011

Abstract

While comparing constitutions belongs to the ubiquitous activities of constitutional lawyers and political scientists, the methodology of comparison is not very developed in constitutional law. No doubt, intercultural dialogue is required to handle rich substantive comparisons. But such dialogue is hindered by divergent constitutional traditions rendering it difficult to even find an entry point for comparisons. The text-oriented approach is suggested here as an entry method and the dialectical approach as the overall method of comparison.

Keywords: comparative law, constitutional law, methodology

JEL Classification: K1, K19

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