The Question of Case Selection in Comparative Constitutional Law

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Journal Article The Question of Case Selection in Comparative Constitutional Law Get access Ran Hirschl Ran Hirschl 1Ran Hirschl is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Toronto. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on comparative public law, constitutional and judicial politics worldwide. He is the author of Towards Juristocracy: The Originsand Consequencesofthe New Constitutionalism (Harvard University Press, 2004). An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (Chicago, August 2004), as well as in conferences at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (October 2004), and the University of Maryland School of Law (March 2005). The author wishes to thank the participants of these events, particularly Sujit Choudhry; the journal editors and reviewers; and especially Ayelet Shachar for her thoughtful comments and genuine passion for new ideas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 53, Issue 1, Winter 2005, Pages 125–156, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/53.1.125 Published: 01 January 2005