Constitutional Theory | An Introduction

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Citations, Reading and Further Reading
Waluchow, Wil and Dimitrios Kyritsis, "Constitutionalism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2023 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/s....

D. Grimm, Constitutionalism: Past, Present and Future (Oxford Constitutional Theory, Oxford University Press, 2026).

R. Alexy, A Theory of Constitutional Rights (Oxford University Press, 2002).

L. Alexander (ed.), Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 1998).
T.R.S. Allen, Constitutional Justice: A Liberal Theory of the Rule of Law (Oxford University Press, 2001).

C. Schmitt, Constitutional Theory (Duke University Press, illustrated edition, 2008).

R. Bellamy & J. King (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory (Cambridge University Press, 2025).


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