Constitutionalism in the Americas unites the work of leading scholars of constitutional law, comparative law and Latin American and U.S. constitutional law to provide a critical and provocative look at the state of constitutional law across the Americas today. The diverse chapters employ a variety of methodologies – empirical, historical, philosophical and textual analysis – in the effort to provide a comprehensive look at a generation of constitutional change across two continents.
1. Introduction Daniel Bonilla Maldonado and Colin Crawford
PART I The Relationship Between Latin American and U.S. Constitutionalism 2. The Political Economy of Legal Knowledge Daniel Bonilla Maldonado
3. The Geopolitics of Constitutionalism in Latin America Jorge L. Esquirol
PART II Latin American Constitutionalism 4. Constitutionalism in the Americas: A Comparison between the U.S. and Latin America Roberto Gargarella
5. Back to the Future? The return of sovereignty and the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of the states in Latin America’s “radical constitutionalism” Javier Couso
6. Constitutionalism old, new and unbound: the case of Mexico Francisca Pou Giménez
7. Socioeconomic Rights and Majoritarian Courts in Latin America David Landau
PART III U.S. constitutionalism in the 21st century 8. Constitutional Drafting in Latin America: A Quantitative Perspective David S. Law and Tom Ginsburg
9. The Global Diffusion of U.S. Legal Thought: Changing Influence, National Security and Legal Education in Crisis Fernanda Nicola
10. The Limits of U.S. Racial Equality Without a Latin American Constitutional “Right to Work” – A Thought Experiment Tanya Katerí Hernández
Francisca Pou Giménez *