The migration of constitutional ideas across jurisdictions is rapidly
emerging as one of the central features of contemporary constitutional
practice. The increasing use of comparative jurisprudence in interpreting
constitutions is one example of this. In this book, leading figures in the
study of comparative constitutionalism and comparative constitutional
politics from North America, Europe, and Australia discuss the dynamic
processes whereby constitutional systems influence each other. They
explore basic methodological questions which have thus far received little
attention, and examine the complex relationship between national and
supranational constitutionalism – an issue of considerable contemporary
interest in Europe. The migration of constitutional ideas is discussed from a
variety of methodological perspectives – comparative law, comparative
politics, and cultural studies of law – and contributors draw on case studies
from a wide variety of jurisdictions: Australia, Hungary, India, South
Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.