Contents: 1. Introduction / Hanna Lerner and David Landau
Part I: Foundations 2. Revolutions and constitution-making / Andrew Arato
3. Constitution making and social transformation / Heinz Klug
4. International involvement in constitution-making / Cheryl Saunders
5. Constituent power, primary assemblies, and the imperative mandate / Joel Colon-Rios
6. Amendment and revision in the unmaking of constitutions / Richard Albert
Part II: Techniques and processes
7. The constitutional referendum in historical perspective / Zach Elkins and Alexander Hudson
8. Constitutional design deferred / Rosalind Dixon
9. Making constitutions in deeply divided places / Brendan O'Leary
10. Civil society, participation and the making of Kenya's constitution / Yash Ghai
11. How constitutional crowdsourcing can enhance legitimacy in constitution-making / Carlos Bernal
Part III: Contexts and Contents
12. Religion and constitution-making in comparative perspective / Asli Bali and Hanna Lerner
13. Constitution making and state building / Joanne Wallis
14. The making of 'illiberal constitutionalism' with or without a new constitution: the case of Hungary and Poland / Gabor Halmai
15. Constitution making: the case of 'unwritten' constitutions / Janet McClean
16. The making of constitutional preambles / Justin Frosini
Part IV: Historical perspectives
17. Constitutionalism ancient and oriental / Patricia Springborg
18. First constitutions: American procedural influence / Lorianne Updike Toler
19. National identity and constitutions in modern Europe: into the fifth zone / Bill Kissane and Nick Sitter
20. Constitution making and constitutionalism in Europe / Chris Thornhill
Part V: Regional perspectives
21. The unsurprising but distinctive nature of constitution writing in the Arab world / Nathan Brown
22. Constitution crafting in South Asia: lessons on accommodation and alienation / Menaka Guruswamy
23. Constitution-making and public participation in Southeast Asia / Melissa Crouch
24. Voluntary infusion of constitutionalism in anglophone African constitutions / Francois Venter
25. Post-soviet constitution-making / Will Partlett
26. Constituent power and constitution-making in Latin America / David Landau
Index.