Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government?

'As democracies struggle with a crisis of ineffective government, constitutional scholarship has turned its attention to the relationship between constitutionalism and the capacity of governments to perform basic functions and provide for the people's well-being. This volume is the most important collection on this emerging problem yet seen. Vicki Jackson and Yasmin Dawood have drawn together a brilliant and diverse group of scholars to explore fundamental ideas of constitutionalism, its major institutions as well as particular contexts and controversies.' Adrienne Stone, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, The University of Melbourne Law School
'This valuable collection of essays considers the pressing and under-theorized issue of governmental effectiveness, an issue of overwhelming practical importance as well as theoretical interest, in ways that are both sobering and illuminating.' Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School and Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, author of Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance.
'In this important new collection, Jackson and Dawood bring together some of the leading contemporary public law thinkers to explore the benefits, as well as dangers, to thinking about notions of effective government in rights-based terms. It is compelling and compulsory reading for all those interested in the future of public law in a time of increasing economic, climate and health challenges.' Rosalind Dixon, Professor of Law, University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law