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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2024

Tom Ginsburg
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Aziz Z. Huq
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Tarun Khaitan
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
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The Entrenchment of Democracy
The Comparative Constitutional Design of Elections, Parties and Voting
, pp. 261 - 268
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Print publication year: 2024
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Index

absentee voters, 216, 219220
abusive constitutional borrowing, 4656
concept and general forms of, 4749
electoral Commissions and fraud, 5556
electoral equality and quotas, 51
electoral integrity, 5253, 5659
militant democracy and party banning, 5355, 115117
responses to, 5960
voting rights and participation, 4951
abusive electoral discourse, 5659
responses to, 5960
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 127
African constitutions, 119135
consensual democracy, 130135
constitution-making process (Kenya), 111112
democratic backsliding (Benin), 127130
election integrity claims, 198199
impact of constitutionalization (Kenya), 113114, 118
number of democracy provisions, 105
parliamentary elections, 5152, 125126
political parties, 89, 1314, 1617, 112113, 126127, 130135
presidential elections, 121125
winner-takes-all politics, 130134
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 129130, 132, 197198
African Union
Election Observation Mission, 126
Lomé Declaration, 132
treaties (African Charter, ACDEG), 119120, 126, 129132
Alaska, 39, 4142
Alemanno, Alberto, 151
Alternativ für Deutschland (AfD), 136, 146147
Angola, 120
anti-discrimination laws, 87
anti-faction principle, 9498
Anwar Ibrahim, 249250, 254255
Arendt, Hannah, 8
Australia, 5, 143, 163164, 181182
Bagehot, Walter, 175
Bainimarama, Frank, 5051
ballot-access rules, 14, 32
Bangladesh, 188189, 199
Barak, Aharon, 235, 237
Barber, N. W., 95
Barrett, Chairman John, 221
Bearpaw, George, 214
Begich, Nick, 39
Beitz, Charles R., 165
Benin, 123126, 128132
Berlusconi, Silvio, 197
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 259
Bligh, Gur, 145
Boehner, John, 44
Bogdanor, Vernon, 2
Bolsonaro, Jair, 11, 5758
Botswana, 121, 123
Brandeis, Louis, 8
Brazil, 11, 5758
Brown, Byron, 4243
Brunei, 103
Buffalo, New York State, 4243
Burke, Edmund, 66
Burkina Faso, 123124, 199
Burlington, Vermont, 39
Burundi, 128, 133
Bush, George W., 36
by-law clauses, 89
Byrd, Joe, 214215
Cambodia, 14, 5354, 114115
Camby, Jean-Pierre, 198
Cameroon, 123
Canada, 158, 178, 205
candidates
eligibility rules, 123124, 211213, 220
exclusion/disqualification, 200201, 214, 217
cartels, 70, 94
Carter Center, 5657
Cavanaugh, Kathleen, 150
Chavez, Hugo, 55
Cherokee Nation, 209218
constitutional development to 1995, 210214
independent commission/1999 Constitutional Convention, 214216
new Constitution of 1999, 216218
original territory and removal, 210211
Presidential approval provision, 213, 216217
Chhibber, Pradeep K., 8990
Chile, 115
Chilton, Adam, 127, 156
Chiluba, Fredrick, 203
China, 16
Choudhry, Sujit, 1617
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 209210, 218220
citizens’ assemblies, 75, 77
citizenship laws, 50, 211212
closed list voting systems, 7576
Colombia, 105
command-and-control (first-order) models, 1217, 8788
comparative political process theory, 191193
Condorcet, Nicolas de, 35
Congo, Democratic Republic, 121, 128
Congo, Republic, 123
Connecticut, 4142
consensual democracy, 130135
Conserve, Philip E., 88
constitutional conventions, 210216
constitutional courts
alternatives to, 150
fourth-branch bodies compared, 191193, 201205
as judicialization of politics, 101
minority representation cases (US), 3134
parliamentary mandate case (Czechia), 238242
partisan courts, 101102, 114117, 188, 203
party ban cases, 227238
role in constitutional law, 188201
constitutional theory, 190194
taxonomy of judicial responsibilities, 194201
election integrity, 198200
electoral system review, 197198
entry rules for voters, candidates and parties, 195197
exit rules for candidates and parties, 200201
constitutional entrenchment, 57
constitutional rights, contingent nature, 155156
constitutional scholarship, 6566, 139141, 172173, 186
constitutional supremacy, 45
constitutionalization of democracy
functions
building consensual democracy, 130135
coordination, 110111
hands-tying, 101, 111
illustration (Kenya), 111114
providing clarity, 101, 110111
growth in, 100101, 103107
guiding principles (political parties), 7998
antifactionism, 9498
party system optimality, 8892
party-state separation, 9294
purposive autonomy, 8088
political parties and voting systems, design features, 186187
relationship with regime type, 106109
right to vote, 162167
role of courts, 101102, 114117
cordons sanitaires, 146
Côte d’Ivoire
electoral commission law impartiality, 197198
eligibility of candidates for high office, 120, 122
judicial involvement in 2010 election, 188189
parliamentary elections, 125
rights of opposition parties, 133134
Cuba, 16
Czechia, 138139, 238243
democratic governance, key values, 171, 174175
diaspora voting, 216, 219220
direct democracy
aims and risks, 2021
constitutionalization, 100, 102103, 105
high transaction costs, 70
Dixon, Rosalind, 153, 164
Djibouti, 123
dominant party systems, 1517
Downs, William M., 146
Duterte, Rodrigo, 11, 148
Duverger, Maurice, 64, 175
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), 121
elected officials
immunity of, 8, 83
removal of, 8, 200201, 214, 216
election integrity, 188, 198200
electoral boundaries and maps, 19, 88, 197, 211, 213214, 217
electoral commissions, 5253, 5556, 88, 105, 191193, 201
electoral discourse, 5659
electoral fraud accusations, 5660, 214
electoral freedom and fairness
importance to democracy, 4748
protection of, 48
undermining, 4860
abusive constitutional borrowing concept and forms, 4749
abusive electoral discourse, 5659
electoral Commissions and fraud, 5556
electoral equality and quotas, 51
electoral integrity, 5253, 5659
militant democracy and party banning, 5355
responses to, 5960
voting rights and participation, 4951
electoral monitors, 5253, 5557, 88, 105, 191193, 201
electoral quotas, 51, 197
electoral systems
absentee voters, 216, 219220
African constitutions, 121126
parliamentary elections, 125126
presidential elections, 121122
ballot-access rules, 14, 32
candidates
eligibility rules, 123124, 211213, 220
exclusion/disqualification, 200201, 214, 217
closed party lists, 197
constitutionalization, 100, 102103, 105106, 110
majoritarianism
majority-vote mechanisms, 3536
minority interests, balance with, 2934
plurality voting, impact of, 3637
re-assertion of majority winners, 3745
design defects of political structures, 4245
voting rule reform, 3740
voting system reform, 4042
majority party bonus, 197
multiparty systems
arguments for/against, 144
ideological axis, 8991
minority winners, 34, 3637
reconciling values of democratic governance, 178181
one-party systems, 16, 74, 94
popular elections, 212
proportional representation, 144, 178
ranked-choice voting (RCV), 3840
runoff elections, 3638
sore-loser laws, 32, 4142
supermajorities, 32
two-party systems
arguments for/against, 144
as cartels, 94
first-past-the-post and, 64
ideological axis, 8991
reconciling values of democratic governance, 177181
voice voting, 211212
Elkins, Zachary, 53, 200
Emmanuel, Rahm, 43
Erdogan, Recep Tayip, 115, 178
eternity clauses, 13, 222243
parliamentary mandates, 238242
party bans, 224238
antidemocratic parties, 227230
ethnic, separatist and religious parties, 230234
indirect party bans, 234238
Ethiopia, 121
European Court of Human Rights, 197, 229, 232234
European Union, 151152
European’s People Party (EPP), 151152
extra-territorial voters, 216, 220
factions, 11, 1819, 30, 34, 39, 9498
Fidesz party (Hungary), 148, 151152
Fiji, 5051
first-order regulation, 1217, 8788
Foley, Ned, 39
Fombad, Charles, 126127
fourth-branch bodies, 5253, 5556, 88, 105, 191193, 201
France
2022 presidential election, 3638, 40
electoral boundaries, 197
Macron presidency, 36, 180181, 186
regulation of political parties, 138, 143
fraud accusations, 5660, 214
Gabon, 127
Galston, William, 34
Gambia, The, 121
Gandhi, Indira, 201
Ganghof, Steffen, 182183
Gardbaum, Stephen, 189, 191193
Gbagbo, Laurent, 188
gender quotas, 51, 197
Georgia (US), 3738
Germany
far-right lite parties, 136, 146147
purposive autonomy principle, 85
regulation of antidemocratic parties, 1314, 53, 139, 143144, 195, 227230, 242
vote thresholds, 196
Gerring, John, 89
gerrymandering, 19, 88
Ghai, Yash Pal, 111112
Ghana, 127, 195
Ginsburg, Tom, 53, 152, 200, 259
Gore, Al, 36
Gould, Jonathan S., 171
Greece, 105
guarantor institutions (fourth-branch bodies), 5253, 5556, 88, 105, 191193, 201
Hailsham, Lord, 178
Harding, Andrew, 258259
Heraclitus, 93
Hoskin, Chief Chuck, 218, 221
Houphouët-Boigny, Félix, 188
Hughes, Edel, 150
human rights instruments, 145, 164
human rights judgments, 129130, 197198, 229, 232234
Hungary, 50, 149, 151152, 178, 222
Huq, Aziz, 152
impeachment, 200
India
approach to undemocratic parties, 14
citizenship laws, 50
disqualification disputes, 201
felon disenfranchment, 195
floor-crossing by legislators, 17
judiciary, 203
local council reserved seats, 51
political axes, 90
rise of Narendra Modi, 11, 152, 203
state electoral bonds, 16
voting systems, 9798
Indonesia, 197, 201
International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, 164
Ireland, 197
Iroquois Confederacy, 207
Ismail Sabri Yaakob, 256
Israel, 14, 17, 138139, 234238, 243
Issacharoff, Samuel, 17
Italy, 196197
Jackson, Andrew, 210
Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, 259
judicial review. See constitutional courts
Kaczyński, Jarosław, 149
Katz, Richard, 70, 94
Kedar, Nir, 237
Kelsen, Hans, 109, 191
Kenya
Building Bridges Initiative, 113260
constitution-making process, 111112
election management provisions, 52, 112113
impact of constitutionalization, 113114, 118
number of constitutional democracy provisions, 105
parliamentary elections, 125
presidential elections, 121122, 198199, 202
prisoner voting rights, 195
regulation of political parties, 89, 14, 112113
reserved seats, 51
Kenyatta, Uhuru, 198199
Khaitan, Tarunabh, 127, 152, 182183, 191193
Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian, 258
Kommers, D. P., 139
Korea, Workers Party of, 16
Landau, David, 153, 164
Laos, 16
Latvia, 144
Law and Justice (PiS) party (Poland), 148149, 151
Le Pen, Jean-Marie, 143
Le Pen, Marine, 36, 40
Lemont, Eric, 209210
Lesotho, 121
Levinson, Daryl J., 140, 149, 152
Liberia, 105, 118
Libya, 106
Lidauer, Michael, 52
Lieberman, Joe, 4142
Liechtenstein, 105
Lithuania, 144
Loewenstein, Karl, 1213, 110
Lomé Declaration, 132
Louisiana, 37
Macron, Emmanuel, 36, 180181, 186
Madison, James, 1819, 35, 42, 66, 104, 138, 155
Maduro, Nicolas, 5556
Mahathir Mohamad, 249250, 252
Mair, Peter, 10, 70, 94
majoritarianism
majority-vote mechanisms, 3536
minority interests, balance with, 2934
plurality voting, impact of, 3637
re-assertion of majority winners, 3745
design defects of political structures, 4245
voting rule reform, 3740
voting system reform, 4042
Malawi, 122123, 126128
Malaysian monarchy, 244259
constitutional role and powers of monarch, 248, 250
election of monarch, 247248
historical background, 246247
interventions in contemporary practice
government formation in 2020, 249252
government suspension in 2021, 253256
reflections on, 257260
Masri, Mazen, 235
Massachusetts, 35
Mauritius, 121
McCargo, Duncan, 55
McConnell, Mitch, 43
median voter theorem, 4344
Mélenchon, Jean-Luc, 40
militant democracy
constitutionalization, 102103, 110
party bans
antidemocratic parties, 13, 5355, 8788, 110, 195197, 227230, 242
ethnic, separatist and religious parties, 13, 230234
frequency of use, 144145
human rights implications, 145
indirect party bans, 234238
reconsideration of, 145
unamendability, 224238, 242243
use by military regimes, 115117
as regulatory model, 1215
soft militant democracy, 14
military influence in politics, 115117
minority representation
electoral quotas, 51, 197
invalid vote threshold, 196
US right to vote, 3134, 87, 159160, 165
Mississippi, 3637
Modi, Narendra, 11, 152, 203
monarchy
absolute monarchies, 103
African monarchies, 121
elective monarchies, 247248
Malaysian monarchy, 244259
constitutional role and powers of monarch, 248, 250
election of monarch, 247248
historical background, 246247
interventions in contemporary practice
government formation in 2020, 249252
government suspension in 2021, 253256
reflections on, 257260
power of monarch in Thailand, 259260
Montroll, Andy, 39
Morocco, 121
Muhyiddin Yassin, 249250, 252256
Müller, Jan-Werner, 14, 145
multiparty systems
arguments for/against, 144
ideological axis, 8991
minority winners, 34, 3637
reconciling values of democratic governance, 178181
Murkowski, Lisa, 4142
Myanmar, 5253
Namibia, 121
national consensus principle, 130135
National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), 147, 228230
Native American constitutions, 206221
Cherokee Nation, 209218
constitutional development to 1995, 210214
independent commission/1999 Constitutional Convention, 214216
new Constitution of 1999, 216218
original territory and removal, 210211
Presidential approval issue, 213, 216217
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 209210, 218220
dynamic nature of, 206, 208
Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), 207, 218
initial adoption of written constitutions, 207208
significance of constitutional reform, 208209
Navalny, Alexei, 189
Nazrin Shah, Sultan of Perak, 257
Nepal, 118
New York City, 3738
Ngulube, Mathew, 203
Nigeria, 115, 121123, 126128, 199
Obasanjo, Olusegun, 130
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria, 42
Odinga, Raila, 198
one-party systems, 16, 94
opposition empowerment, 130135, 152
Orban, Viktor, 178, 222
Ossoff, Jon, 38
Ouattara, Alassane, 188
Pakistan, 115
Pal, Michael, 203
parliamentary mandates, 238242
parliamentary systems, and values of democratic governance, 177178
party system optimality principle, 8892
party-state separation principle, 9294
Pech, Laurent, 151
People’s Labour Party (Turkey), 231
Perdue, David, 38
Perot, Ross, 100
Philippines, 11, 148
Pildes, Richard H., 17, 140141, 149, 152
plurality systems
arguments for/against, 144
ideological axis, 8991
minority winners, 34, 3637
reconciling values of democratic governance, 178181
Poland, 13, 144, 148149, 151
political parties
African constitutions, 89, 14, 1617, 112113, 126127
cartel parties, 70, 94
challenges to democratic governance
antidemocratic parties in government, 148
far-right lite parties, 136, 143148
general problem, 175176
overview, 1012
polarization, fragmentation and hyper-partizanship, 171181
populist capture/subversion of established parties, 11, 148149
constitutional scholarship, 6566, 139141
constitutionalization
functions, 109111
growth in, 100, 103105
guiding principles, 7998
antifactionism, 9498
party system optimality, 8892
party-state separation, 9294
purposive autonomy, 8088
factions distinguished, 9596
fragmentation and weakness, 3334, 43, 172, 177
funding
campaign finance, 161162
state funding, 8384, 143
idealized functions, 6979
mediation between state and people, 6973, 78
reduction of costs, 7477
ally prediction costs, 77
policy packaging costs, 7677
political participation costs, 7475
voters’ information costs, 7576
training role, 78
ideology, 8890
importance to democracy, 9
internal party democracy, 1415, 4043, 8588
losing parties, 9
opposition parties, 130135, 152
plenary character, 7273
policies, 7273, 7677, 85, 174
political science scholarship, 6465, 139140
public duties, 8486
public vs private nature, 8082
regulation
cordons sanitaires, 146
election system changes, 144
first-order regulation, 1217, 8788
media restrictions, 143
new approaches, 149153
incentivizing opposition rights, 152
international mechanisms, 151152
nonjudicial options, 150151
tiered constitutional amendment, 153
one-off restrictions, 143
party bans
antidemocratic parties, 13, 5355, 8788, 110, 195197, 227230, 242
ethnic, separatist and religious parties, 13, 230234
frequency of use, 144145
human rights implications, 145
indirect party bans, 234238
reconsideration of, 145
unamendability, 224238, 242243
use by military regimes, 115117
registration requirements, 142
second-order regulation, 12, 1820, 8688
use of general law, 14, 143
vote thresholds, 142143, 196197, 232
political science scholarship, 6465, 139140, 172173
Popp-Madsen, Benjamin Ask, 15
popular elections, 212
populist leaders, 11, 30, 5455, 58, 148149, 178
post-colonial constitutionalism, 208209
presidential systems, and values of democratic governance, 178180, 183185
primary elections, 4043
prisoners, right to vote, 120, 158, 195
proportional representation, 144, 178180, 196
public/private actor distinction, 8081
purposive autonomy principle, 8088
racial equality, 3134, 51, 87, 159160, 165, 211
ranked-choice voting (RCV), 3840, 42, 97
Rauch, Jonathan, 30
referendums, 212
Renshaw, Catherine, 52
Renzi, Matteo, 197
rerun elections, 217218
Rhode Island, 36
Rosenblum, Nancy L., 96
Rosenbluth, Frances McCall, 10, 73, 144
round-robin voting, 3940
Roznai, Yaniv, 231
runoff elections, 3638
Russia, 189
Rwanda, 51, 134
Sartori, Giovanni, 64, 7172, 74, 8990, 95
Saudi Arabia, 103
Schattschneider, E. E., 9, 195
Scheppele, Kim Lane, 10, 67, 8990
Scott, Rick, 57
second-order regulation, 12, 1720, 8688
semi-parliamentarianism, 172173, 181183
semi-presidentialism, 180181, 185186
Senegal, 123124, 128, 133
Sethiya, Aradhya, 138
Seychelles, 133
Shapiro, Ian, 10, 73, 144
Shklar, Judith, 165
single-party models, 16, 94
social media influence, 162
soft militant democracy, 14
sore-loser laws, 32, 4142
sortition, 70, 75
South Africa
dominant party system, 1617
electoral oversight, 52, 201202
equal treatment of parties, 127
form of parliamentary system, 121
presidential elections, 123
prisoner voting rights, 195
South Korea, 138139
Spain, 138139, 259
Sri Lanka, 105106
Stopp, Rune Møller, 15
structural rights theory, 160161
supermajorities, 32
Swaziland, 119
Taiwan, 198, 202
Talon, Patrice, 124
Tanzania, 121, 123, 129, 199
Thailand, 5455, 105, 115117, 259260
Thaksin Shinawatra, 5455, 112117
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, 117
Thiel, Stefan, 147
Togo, 121122
Top-4 primaries, 41
Trump, Donald, 11, 49, 57, 60, 148
Tunisia, 120, 134
Turkey, 144145, 178, 230234, 242243
Tushnet, Mark V., 204205
two-party systems
arguments for/against, 144
as cartels, 94
first-past-the-post and, 64
ideological axis, 8991
reconciling values of democratic governance, 177181
Uganda, 123
Ukraine, 231
Ulloa, Jazmine, 58
unamendability, 13, 222243
parliamentary mandates, 238242
party bans, 224238
antidemocratic parties, 227230
ethnic, separatist and religious parties, 230234
indirect party bans, 234238
unconstitutional constitutional amendment doctrines, 13, 222223, 225
United Arab Emirates, 103
United Kingdom
government pre-Brexit, 178, 259
Human Rights Act, 81
party proscription process, 150151
role in Malaysian history, 246247
theshold to enter parliament, 142143
unwritten constitution, 164, 175176
United States. See also Native American constitutions
campaign finance rules, 161162
constitutional democracy provisions, 103105
design of federal judiciary, 203
duopoly system, 17, 138
electoral fraud, 59
fragmented political parties, 3334
law of democracy literature, 140141
minority representation cases, 3134
party primaries, 4043
right to vote, 3134, 87, 159160, 163, 165
rise of Donald Trump, 11, 49, 57, 60, 148
second-order regulatory model, 1819
sore-loser laws, 32, 4142
suppression of communist parties, 143
voter registration rules, 50
Voting Rights Act (VRA), 32, 38
voting systems, 3539
Venezuela, 5556
Venice Commission, 145, 148149
Verma, Rahul, 8990
Vermont, 3536
Versteeg, Mila, 127, 156
Vietnam, 16
voice voting, 211212
vote thresholds, 142143, 196197, 232
voting rights, 155168
Cherokee Nation, 211
constitutionalization of
effectiveness, 162164
expressive functions, 165166
subconstitutional regulation, 166
undermining of democracy, 166167
eligibility rules, 157160, 195
information costs, 7576
institutional dimension, 160162
partisan practices and restrictions, 4951
prisoners, 120, 158, 195
voting systems. See electoral systems
Wako, Amos, 112
Walkingstick, David, 217
Walton, India, 4243
Warren, Chief Justice Earl, 31
Weber, Max, 205
Welfare Party (Turkey), 232234
Welikala, Asanga, 251
West Virginia, 32
White, Jonathan, 96
winner-takes-all politics, 130134
Ypi, Lea, 96
Zambia, 123, 126128, 203
Zemmour, Eric, 36
Zimbabwe, 1617

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  • Edited by Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago, Aziz Z. Huq, University of Chicago, Tarun Khaitan, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Book: The Entrenchment of Democracy
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