Abstract Analysis of the economic effects of constitutional rules has made substantial
progress over the last decade. This survey provides an overview of this rapidly growing …

Many scholars and policymakers in the United States accept the narrative that China is a
revisionist state challenging the US-dominated international liberal order. The narrative …

In the last decade, economists have produced a considerable body of research suggesting
that the historical origin of a country's laws is highly correlated with a broad range of its legal …

The constitutionalization of social and economic rights, although still a contentious issue in
some countries, is no longer as controversial and exceptional a practice as it once was …

I review the empirical comparative law literature with an emphasis on quantitative work. After
situating the field and surveying its main applications to date, I turn to methodological issues …

Much has been written about the global convergence on constitutional supremacy, and the
corresponding rise of an apparently universal constitutional discourse, primarily visible in …

Does constitutionalizing rights improve respect for those rights in practice? Drawing on
statistical analyses, survey experiments, and case studies from around the world, this book …

We explore two hitherto poorly understood characteristics of the human-trafficking market—
the cross-border ease of mobility of traffickers and the elasticity of buyers' demand. In a …

Constitutions around the world have come to protect a growing number of social rights. This
constitutionalization of social rights has generally been met with approval from academics …

Constitutional political economy has emerged as an indispensable part of political economy.
This book offers a concise survey of the questions, methods, and empirical findings central …