Prerequisite: None

Exam Type: One-day take-home

This course in comparative constitutional law aims to understand how different constitutional orders have addressed some common and defining themes in public law. It will compare approaches to the separation of powers, federalism, judicial review, rights, and so forth. It will also cover a set of topics that have shaped important reflections in comparative constitutionalism, from the value of comparative study to global trends in the character of constitutional systems to the crisis of constitutional democracy. The course will assess both contrasting legal and doctrinal approaches across a variety of jurisdictions, including Germany, India, Israel, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and others, as well as evaluate the possibilities and limitations of comparative constitutional law, both as a judicial practice and as a field of scholarly and academic inquiry.