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How Countries Constitute Themselves

Every source this course cites, in APA 7 reference-list order. Under each one: the lessons that use it and, where a lesson cites a page, section, part or timestamp, that location, so you can open the source at the right place. A lesson listed with no location cites the work as a whole.

27 sources

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (Grundgesetz), 1949. https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/
Used in
- Lesson 16: 16 · After defeat: Japan 1947 and Germany 1949
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (Grundgesetz), arts. 20, 30, 70 (1949). https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/
Used in
- Lesson 11: 11 · Federal and unitary: dividing power across territory
Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (CCT 23/96) [1996] ZACC 26; 1996 (4) SA 744 (CC). https://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZACC/1996/26.html
Used in
- Lesson 15: 15 · The negotiated transition: South Africa, 1993 and 1996
Cheibub, J. A. (2007). Presidentialism, parliamentarism, and democracy. Cambridge University Press.
Used in
- Lesson 5: 5 · Parliamentary systems: fused power and confidence
- Lesson 6: 6 · Presidential systems: separated power and fixed terms
Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand). https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0114/latest/DLM94204.html
Used in
- Lesson 9: 9 · Codified and uncodified constitutions
Constitution of 4 October 1958 (France). https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/le-bloc-de-constitutionnalite/texte-integral-de-la-constitution-du-4-octobre-1958-en-vigueur
Used in
- Lesson 7: 7 · Semi-presidential systems, and a contested category
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 200 of 1993 (interim Constitution).
Used in
- Lesson 15: 15 · The negotiated transition: South Africa, 1993 and 1996
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. https://www.gov.za/documents/constitution-republic-south-africa-1996
Used in
- Lesson 15: 15 · The negotiated transition: South Africa, 1993 and 1996
- Lesson 19: 19 · Capstone: trace one constitution's making and classify its system
Dicey, A. V. (1885). Introduction to the study of the law of the constitution. Macmillan.
Used in
- Lesson 9: 9 · Codified and uncodified constitutions
- Lesson 10: 10 · Rigid and flexible: how a constitution is changed
Duverger, M. (1980). A new political system model: Semi-presidential government. European Journal of Political Research, 8(2), 165-187.
Used in
- Lesson 7: 7 · Semi-presidential systems, and a contested category
Elgie, R. (2011). Semi-presidentialism: Sub-types and democratic performance. Oxford University Press.
Used in
- Lesson 7: 7 · Semi-presidential systems, and a contested category
Elkins, Z., Ginsburg, T., & Melton, J. (2009). The endurance of national constitutions. Cambridge University Press.
Used in
Elster, J. (1995). Forces and mechanisms in the constitution-making process. Duke Law Journal, 45(2), 364-396.
Used in
- Lesson 13: 13 · Founding moments: the four routes to a constitution
- Lesson 16: 16 · After defeat: Japan 1947 and Germany 1949
Knesset. (n.d.). The existing Basic Laws: Summary. https://www.knesset.gov.il/description/eng/eng_mimshal_yesod.htm
Used in
- Lesson 9: 9 · Codified and uncodified constitutions
Lijphart, A. (1999). Patterns of democracy: Government forms and performance in thirty-six countries. Yale University Press.
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Linz, J. J. (1990). The perils of presidentialism. Journal of Democracy, 1(1), 51-69.
Used in
- Lesson 6: 6 · Presidential systems: separated power and fixed terms
Shugart, M. S., & Carey, J. M. (1992). Presidents and assemblies: Constitutional design and electoral dynamics. Cambridge University Press.
Used in
- Lesson 7: 7 · Semi-presidential systems, and a contested category
The Constitution of Japan (1947), art. 9. National Diet Library, Birth of the Constitution of Japan. https://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/
Used in
- Lesson 16: 16 · After defeat: Japan 1947 and Germany 1949
The Federalist Papers (1787 to 1788). https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers
Used in
- Lesson 14: 14 · The convention route: the United States, 1787
U.S. Const. amend. X. https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-10/
Used in
- Lesson 11: 11 · Federal and unitary: dividing power across territory
U.S. Const. art. V; art. VII. https://constitution.congress.gov/
Used in
- Lesson 19: 19 · Capstone: trace one constitution's making and classify its system
U.S. Const. art. V. https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-5/
Used in
- Lesson 10: 10 · Rigid and flexible: how a constitution is changed
U.S. Const. art. VI. https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-6/
Used in
- Lesson 1: 1 · What this course teaches, and what it is not
- Lesson 2: 2 · What a constitution actually does
U.S. Const. art. VII; art. V. https://constitution.congress.gov/
Used in
- Lesson 14: 14 · The convention route: the United States, 1787
U.S. Const. arts. I, II, III; art. II, s. 4. https://constitution.congress.gov/
Used in
- Lesson 6: 6 · Presidential systems: separated power and fixed terms
U.S. National Archives. (n.d.). The Constitution: How did it happen? https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs
Used in
- Lesson 14: 14 · The convention route: the United States, 1787
Watts, R. L. (2008). Comparing federal systems (3rd ed.). McGill-Queen's University Press.
Used in
- Lesson 11: 11 · Federal and unitary: dividing power across territory