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We start from here

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  • Russell Hardin

    (New York University)

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As James Buchanan often asserted, in constitutional design “we start from here” which is to say we design a constitution to fit the institutions, social practices and so forth that we already have. Comparison of the complicated case of the US constitution and the failed attempt at constitutionalism in contemporary Egypt suggest that many societies are not yet ready for serious constitutional design. The English civil wars were about religion; the US constitution ignores religion and thereby avoids the grim conflict of church and state.

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  • Russell Hardin, 2016. "We start from here," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 27(3), pages 249-259, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:copoec:v:27:y:2016:i:3:d:10.1007_s10602-016-9218-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s10602-016-9218-6
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    Keywords

    James Buchanan; Coordination; Contractarianism; US constitution;
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    JEL classification:

    • N90 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • N41 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
    • H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government

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