Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. CONTENIDO: Constitution-making in the context of plural societies : the "accumulation strategy" / Roberto Gargarella -- Constituent assemblies in democratic constitution orders : the problem of a legally limited convention / Gabriel L. Negretto -- Constituent assemblies and political continuity in divided societies / Hanna Lerner -- Constituent assembly failure in Pakistan and Nepal / Mara Malagodi -- Precautions in a democratic experiment : the nexus between political power and competence / Udit Bhatia -- A race against time : the making of the Norwegian constitution of 1814 / Jon Elster -- Chain of legitimacy : constitution-making in Iceland / Thorvaldur Gylfason -- Constitution-making and legislative involvement in government formation / Cristina Bucur, José Antonio Cheibub, Shane Martin and Bjørn Erik Rasch -- The political psychology of constitution-making / Jon Elster.