What Should Constitutions Do? / [electronic resource] Edited by Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr, Jeffrey Paul. Paul, Ellen Frankel, editor of compilation. Miller, Jr, Fred D., editor of compilation. Paul, Jeffrey, editor of compilation. Political science K3165 .W435 2010 342.0201 22 Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). The essays in this volume - written by prominent philosophers, political scientists and legal scholars - address the basic purposes of constitutions and their status as fundamental law. Some deal with specific constitutional provisions: they ask, for example, which branches of government should have the authority to conduct foreign policy, or how the judiciary should be organized, or what role a preamble should play in a nation's founding document. Other essays explore questions of constitutional design: they consider the advantages of a federal system of government, or the challenges of designing a constitution for a pluralistic society - or they ask what form of constitution best promotes personal liberty and economic prosperity. 2011 Text 1 online resource (354 pages) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139151528 eng Social Philosophy and Policy Social Philosophy and Policy.