Constitutional design encompasses the formal arrangements by which political authority is allocated, constrained and renewed. These arrangements include the choice of executive and legislative ...

In a letter written to James Madison from Paris, Thomas Jefferson opined that “no society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. . . . Every constitution, then, and every law, ...

The controversy surrounding the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination has generated more confusion than clarity. Many citizens have drawn on ...

The United States Constitution was signed by the members of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. We have entered the 237th year of our national Constitution, which ...

There are numerous options for how to hold a convention. Let's not rush in and instead make sure we get the very best option for lasting democratic change in Britain. Here are some things to consider.

How to manage ethnic division has been Ethiopia’s core political predicament for the last five decades. Attempts by successive regimes to promote ethnic inclusion as well as national cohesion have not ...