Ex-post Notes on Goodin
After discussing Goodin’s paper in class, I have to make some new comments on it:
Professor Dimitrijevic formulated what Goodin means by environment as follows: (a) local traditions, (b) circumstances (economic situation, political constraints, social divisions) and (c) past practice. Tailoring a constitution to the environment does not mean mirroring the environment in the constitution but [...]
On Goodin’s “On Constitutional Design”
This post is a simple summary of and a low profile commentary on Robert E. Goodin’s working paper “On Constitutional Design”.
According to Goodin, “political scientists do not have a particularly distinguished track record when it comes to designing constitutions” (p. 1) despite the fact that they often come up with ideas for new constitutions and [...]
