Introduction / Mark Tushnet -- Pt. I. General issues. Constitutions / Yasuo Hasebe and Cesare Pinelli -- Constitutions embedded in different legal systems / Thomas Fleiner and Cheryl Saunders -- International relations and international law / Anne Peters and Ulrich Preuss -- Constitutions and legitimacy over time / Catherine Dupré and Jiunn-rong Yeh ? Constitution-writing processes / Jennifer Widner and Xenophon Contiades

Pt. II. Structures. Systems of government / Denis Baranger and Christina Murray -- Emergency powers / Victor V. Ramraj and Menaka Guruswamy -- The judiciary and constitutional review / Albert H.Y. Chen and Miguel Poiares Maduro -- Justiciability / Mark Tushnet and Juan F. Gonzáles- Bertomeu -- Administrative bureaucracy / Janet MacLean with Mark Tushnet -- Elections and electoral systems in constitutional regimes / Mahendra Pal Singh -- Federalism and autonomy / Lidija R. Basta Fleiner and Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens -- Minority rights / Solomon Dersso and Francesco Palermo -- Horizontal effect /state action / Colm O'Cinneide and Manfred Stelzer

Pt. III. Rights. 1. Integrity. Human dignity as a constitutional doctrine / Margit Cohn and Dieter Grimm -- The limits of punishment / Martin Scheinen and Denise Meyerson -- 2. Communication rights. Ancient and modern : access to information and constitutional governance / Thomas Bull and Hugh Corder -- Free expression and association / Iain Currie -- Freedom of religion and religion-state relations / W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Carolyn Evans

3. Due process. Procedural fairness generally / Sophie Boyron and Wendy Lacey -- Rights in the criminal process : a case study of convergence and disclosure rights / Máximo Langer and Kent Roach -- 4. Non-discrimination.General provisions dealing with equality / Brun-Otto Bryde and Michael Ashley Stein -- Sites of constitutional struggle for women's equality / Ruth Rubio-Marín and Wen-Chen Chang -- Race and ethnicity discrimination / Patrick Macklem and Adrien K. Wing -- Affirmative action / Robert J. Cottrol and Megan Davis -- Minorities and group rights / Michael M. Karayanni and Roberto Gargarella

5. Rights and society. Rights of non-citizens / Atsushi Kondo and Dragoljub Popović -- Proprietary constitutionalism / Jeremy Webber and Kirsty Gover -- Fundamental and social rights / George Katrougalos and Paul O'Connell -- Linguistic and cultural rights / Bipin Adhikari and Carlos Viver Pi-Sunyer -- Environmental rights and future generations / Hong Sik Cho and Ole W. Pedersen

Pt. IV. New challenges. Asylum and refugees / Michelle Foster and Jonathan Klaaren -- The competing effect of national uniqueness and comparative influences on constitutional practice / Zaid Al-Ali and Arun K. Thiruvengadam -- Multicultural societies and migration / Pierre Bosset, Anna Gamper and Theo Öhlinger -- Constitutions, populations and demographic change / Brian Opeskin and Enyinna Nwauche -- Supranational organizations and their impact on national constitutions / Marcus Böckenförde and Daniel Sabsay -- New technologies and constitutional challenges / Thomas Fetzer and Christopher S. Yoo.