Comparative Methodology and Constitutional Change

Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou (eds), 'Routledge Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Change' (Routledge 2019)

Helsinki Legal Studies Research Paper No. 57 (2019)

26 Pages Posted: 4 Sep 2019

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Jaakko Husa

University of Helsinki - Faculty of Law

Date Written: August 7, 2019

Abstract

Comparative research expands over the traditional boundaries of constitutional law scholarship and deepens our understanding of constitutional change. This chapter addresses comparative methodology in studying constitutional change. Discussion in this chapter is based on a theoretically and methodologically broad and flexible view shunning a narrow legal perspective. Chapter addresses the methodology of comparative law, the purposes of comparative constitutional law, and the purposes of studying constitutional change comparatively. Also universalism and culturalism, the potential relevance of legal families, and legal transplants are highlighted. It is argued that both qualitative and quantitative research methods can be used and that comparative study of constitutional change allows different intellectual styles.

Keywords: constitutional change, comparative method, constitutional law

Suggested Citation

Husa, Jaakko, Comparative Methodology and Constitutional Change (August 7, 2019). Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou (eds), 'Routledge Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Change' (Routledge 2019), Helsinki Legal Studies Research Paper No. 57 (2019), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3446590

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