Contents: Gag rules or the politics of omission / Stephen Holmes -- Democracy as a contigent outcome of conflicts / Adam Przeworski -- Consequences of constitutional choice / Jon Elster -- Liberal constitutionalism and its critics / Rune Slagstad -- Democracy and the rule of law / Francis Sejersted -- Neo-federalism? / Bruce A. Ackerman -- Precommitment and the paradox of democracy / Stephen Holmes -- American constitutionalism and the paradox of private property / Jennifer Nedelsky -- From liberal constitutionalism to corporate pluralism / Francis Sejersted -- Arguments for constitutional choice / Jon Elster -- Constitutions and democracies / Cass R. Sunstein

1. Constitutional law
2. Democracy
3. Comparative government