Announcements
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CCP Co-Director Releases New Report on the UK Constitution
James Melton, Senior Lecturer at University College London and CCP co-director, has released a new report, “To Codify or Not to Codify: Lessons from Consolidating the United Kingdom’s Constitutional Statutes,” which finds that codification of the UK’s constitution is not essential. Read more or view the full report.
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New Paper Uses Constitute to Analyze Environmental Rights
Joshua C. Gellers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Florida, used Constitute to help build his dataset on the expansion of constitutional environmental rights for his most recent publication, “Explaining the emergence of constitutional environmental rights: a global quantitative analysis.” Dr. Gellers calls Constitute an…
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National Constitution Center Unveils Constitute Exhibit and Drafting Lab
The National Constitution Center, an interactive museum in Philadelphia, recently opened a hands-on Constitute exhibit and drafting lab. Visitors can view and compare the U.S. Constitution and other world constitutions in the main exhibit, and then collaborate with others to build their own constitutional documents in the drafting lab. Learn more about the exhibit and drafting lab and check…
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Tis the season for a major update to Constitute!
Users of Constitute will want visit the site to see some flashy new bells and tinsel just in time for the holidays. Constitute has a new look, new features, and a new way to view constitutions. Plus, read it all in Arabic, thanks a collaboration with International IDEA. More details on the update here.
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CCP’s Timeline of Constitutions nominated for Information is Beautiful Award
CCP’s Timeline of Constitutions, designed by Jonathan Corum, has been selected to the 2014 short list of nominees for the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards. Winners will be announced in November. Learn more here.