Abstract

1. Introduction Tom Ginsburg and Alberto Simpser Part I. The Category: 2. Ruling against rules Adam Przeworski 3. Authoritarian constitutionalism: some conceptual considerations Mark Tushnet Part II. Constitutional Design in Authoritarian Regimes: 4. The political economy of autocratic constitutions Michael Albertus and Victor Menaldo 5. Authoritarian constitution making: the role of the military in Latin America Gabriel Negretto 6. Constitutions in authoritarian regimes: the Egyptian constitution of 1971 Kristen Stilt Part III. Contents of Authoritarian Constitutions: 7. The content of authoritarian constitutions Tom Ginsburg, Zachary Elkins and James Melton 8. Constitutional variation among strains of authoritarianism David S. Law and Mila Versteeg Part IV. Consequences of Authoritarian Constitutions: 9. The role of presidential power in authoritarian elections Jennifer Gandhi 10. The informal politics of formal constitutions: rethinking the effects of 'presidentialism' and 'parliamentarism' in the cases of Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Ukraine Henry E. Hale 11. The Party's leadership as a living constitution in China He Xin.

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