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1 online resource (354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). 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. Edited by Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr, Jeffrey Paul. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Political science K3165 .W435 2010 342.0201 9781139151528 (ebook) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139151528 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139151528 UkCbUP 110907 20180107143415.0 CR9781139151528