Cindy Skach
Biographic Data
| ID | 1183154 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cindy Skach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cindy |
| FAMILY NAME | Skach |
| SIGNATURE | SKACH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2156-7482 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 275 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Imaging a qadi court
Borrowing Constitutional Designs: Constitutional Law in Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic
Constitutional Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
We, the Peoples? Constitutionalizing the European Union
This article reviews arguments in favour of a formal, written constitution for Europe, and concludes with a better suggestion - a Basic European Law. The article also criticizes the wholehearted embrace of 'popular constitution-making'. It does so by drawing on comparative evidence from constitution-making processes in various historical time periods and world regions. It poses three essential questions to organize the debate. First, why a Europe…
A Fresh Look at Semipresidentialism: The Russian Predicament
At the end of the Cold War, semipresidentialism became the modal constitution of the postcommunist world. In Russia and other post-Soviet states, however, this system of government has impeded consolidation. Semipresidentialism combines a popularly elected head of state with a prime minister responsible to the legislature; though this framework seemed to promise the best of all constitutional worlds, when put into practice in many countries durin…
Constitutional Frameworks and Democratic Consolidation: Parliamentarianism versus Presidentialism
A fundamental political-institutional question that has only recently received serious scholarly attention concerns the impact of different constitutional frameworks on democratic consolidation. Little systematic cross-regional evidence has been brought to bear on this question. This article reports the findings of the analysis of numerous different sources of data, all of which point in the direction of a much stronger correlation between democr…
Constitutional Frameworks and Democratic Consolidation: Parliamentarianism versus Presidentialism
A fundamental political-institutional question that has only recently received serious scholarly attention concerns the impact of different constitutional frameworks on democratic consolidation. Little systematic cross-regional evidence has been brought to bear on this question. This article reports the findings of the analysis of numerous different sources of data, all of which point in the direction of a much stronger correlation between democr…
Borrowing Constitutional Designs: Constitutional Law in Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic
A Fresh Look at Semipresidentialism: The Russian Predicament
At the end of the Cold War, semipresidentialism became the modal constitution of the postcommunist world. In Russia and other post-Soviet states, however, this system of government has impeded consolidation. Semipresidentialism combines a popularly elected head of state with a prime minister responsible to the legislature; though this framework seemed to promise the best of all constitutional worlds, when put into practice in many countries durin…
We, the Peoples? Constitutionalizing the European Union
This article reviews arguments in favour of a formal, written constitution for Europe, and concludes with a better suggestion - a Basic European Law. The article also criticizes the wholehearted embrace of 'popular constitution-making'. It does so by drawing on comparative evidence from constitution-making processes in various historical time periods and world regions. It poses three essential questions to organize the debate. First, why a Europe…
Constitutional Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Constitutional Frameworks and Democratic Consolidation: Parliamentarianism versus Presidentialism
A fundamental political-institutional question that has only recently received serious scholarly attention concerns the impact of different constitutional frameworks on democratic consolidation. Little systematic cross-regional evidence has been brought to bear on this question. This article reports the findings of the analysis of numerous different sources of data, all of which point in the direction of a much stronger correlation between democr…
Constitutional Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
We, the Peoples? Constitutionalizing the European Union
This article reviews arguments in favour of a formal, written constitution for Europe, and concludes with a better suggestion - a Basic European Law. The article also criticizes the wholehearted embrace of 'popular constitution-making'. It does so by drawing on comparative evidence from constitution-making processes in various historical time periods and world regions. It poses three essential questions to organize the debate. First, why a Europe…
A Fresh Look at Semipresidentialism: The Russian Predicament
At the end of the Cold War, semipresidentialism became the modal constitution of the postcommunist world. In Russia and other post-Soviet states, however, this system of government has impeded consolidation. Semipresidentialism combines a popularly elected head of state with a prime minister responsible to the legislature; though this framework seemed to promise the best of all constitutional worlds, when put into practice in many countries durin…
Borrowing Constitutional Designs: Constitutional Law in Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic
Imaging a qadi court
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Constitution (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Constitutional economics (2 works) · Constitutional law (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (2 works)