"Featuring key scholars of comparative constitutionalism, constitutional theory, and constitutional politics, this book provides a comprehensive, theoretical, comparative, normative, and empirical account of the concept of constitutional identity. It will appeal to scholars, students, jurists, and constitutional drafters alike"--

Introduction - the quandaries and parables of constitutional identity Ran Hirschl and Yaniv Roznai; Part I. Foundations, Theory and Concepts: 1. Rousseau's sovereignty and the concept of constitutional identity Howard Schweber; 2. Constitutional identity - cracking the genetic code of the constitution Monika Polzin; 3. Constitutional identity as discourse: mis-identity and dis-identity Jaclyn L. Neo; 4. Constitutional identity and constitutional revolution Stephen Gardbaum; 5. The death of the constituent power Victor Ferreres Comella; 6. Constitutional identity as a source of ontological security Joanne Wallis; 7. The crisis in, and of, constitutional identity Upendra Baxi; Part II. Comparative Perspectives: 8. Confucian constitutional identity Bui Ngoc Son; 9. '(A-)Religious and democratic' militant dual constitutional identities and the turn to illiberalism: the case of France Eugénie Mérieau; 10. Constitutional identity in Bangladesh - complexity and contestations Ridwanul Hoque; 11. Clashing Identities? Traditional authority and constitutionalism in Africa Heinz Klug; 12. Imposed revolution? 'August Revolution,' 'Imposed Constitution,' and the identity of the constitution of Japan Keigo Komamura; 13. India - a constitution in search of an identity Gautam Bhatia; Part III. American Constitutionalism and Constitutional Identity: 14. 'This is (not) who we are' - reflections on 1619 and the search for a singular constitutional identity Sanford Levinson; 15. Constitutional aspirationalism revisited Justin Buckley Dyer; 16. The constitution at war with itself - race, citizenship, and the forging American constitutional identity George Thomas; 17. Constitutional identity, constitutional politics, and constitutional revolutions Mark A. Graber; 18. American constitutional exceptionalism, constitutional identity, and democracy Miguel Schor; Part IV. Emerging Trends: 19. Constitution making and disharmonic identity Asli Bâli and Hanna Lerner; 20. Constitutional identity and unamendability Oran Doyle; 21. Illiberal constitutionalism and the abuse of constitutional identity Gabor Halmai and Julian Scholtes; 22. Deconstructing constitutional identity in light of the turn to populism Michel Rosenfeld; 23. Unconstitutional constitutional identities in the European Union Pietro Faraguna; 24. What counts as constitutional identity? Mila Versteeg; 25. Contrariness and contradiction in constitutional law Zachary Elkins and Tom Ginsburg; 26. Conclusion - the past, present and future of constitutional identity Christina Bambrick and Connor M. Ewing.