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Measuring the Opacity of the ‘Veil of Ignorance’ in Constitutions: Theory, Method, and Some Results

In: Behind a Veil of Ignorance?

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  • Louis M. Imbeau

    (Université Laval)

  • Steve Jacob

    (Université Laval)

Abstract

The Veil of Ignorance project (VOIP) looks at constitutions as discourses to infer the motivations of constitution drafters from the content of the very text they contributed to write (Imbeau 2009). In particular, the project aims at measuring the extent to which constitution drafters worked under uncertainty. This chapter introduces to the theory and method of the VOIP project and presents some preliminary results. We proceed in three steps. First, we expose the theoretical foundations of the project based on Buchanan’s interaction approach. Second, we describe the content analysis method that we used to compare the discursive content of 16 constitutions. Third, we submit some of our empirical results to validity tests before concluding.

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  • Louis M. Imbeau & Steve Jacob, 2015. "Measuring the Opacity of the ‘Veil of Ignorance’ in Constitutions: Theory, Method, and Some Results," Studies in Public Choice, in: Louis M. Imbeau & Steve Jacob (ed.), Behind a Veil of Ignorance?, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 55-82, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stpchp:978-3-319-14953-0_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14953-0_4
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