Comparative Constitutions Project
Informing Constitutional Design
Rights matter, but conversations about rights can be polarizing, confusing, and frustrating. Lawyers and law professors Claudia Flores and Tom Ginsburg have traveled the world getting into the weeds of global human rights debates. On Entitled, they use that Read More
We are pleased to announce the latest release of our Characteristics of National Constitutions data, updated through the end of 2020. This release marks a major update to our core dataset, which was last released in 2014.Please visit our webpage to download the Read More
Eight years after first debuting Constitute, we’ve yet again redesigned both the look and functionality of the site to make it even more powerful for those seeking insight into world constitutions. Most significantly, we have integrated in-depth data visualization Read More
We are excited to partner with the Constitutional Tribunal of Chile to produce an updated English translation of the Chilean Constitution. Learn more about the partnership here, and keep an eye out for the updated text on Constitute! Read More
In a new paper, CCP co-director Tom Ginsburg and University of Virginia Professor Mila Versteeg explore checks and balances in times of pandemic, arguing that the pandemic response should modify our understanding about the exercise of emergency powers. The authors Read More