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We live in an age of disillusionment with constitutionalism. This book is just right for that age: Sajo and Uitz provide a comprehensive defence of constitutionalist principles and practices that moves beyond the naive enthusiasm of the last two decades and that is deeply informed by comparisons of different legal experiences around the globe. In a unique way, they take seriously the new scepticism about constitutions as political panaceas and yet make a sound case as to why they remain indispensable for enabling modern freedom. * Jan-Werner Mueller, Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University * A brilliantly probing inquiry into the fragility of constitutionalism in an illiberal age. With enviable erudition and a delicious wit, Sajo and Uitz have mined the history of constitutional theory and practice to illuminate the challenges we face in struggling to preserve our threatened liberties today. * Stephen Holmes, Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law, New York University School of Law * Against the backdrop of democratic retrogression worldwide, this introductory book to legal constitutionalism makes a timely and significant contribution to the study of contemporary constitutions. With their deep understanding of liberal democratic constitutionalism, the authors rightly remind us that 'limiting majority rule in democracy helps democracy', and 'curbing majority sentiment serves objects which are at the core of constitutionalism'. * Wen-Chen Chang, National Taiwan University * The book's strength - both as an accessible explanation and a passionate defense of liberal constitutionalism - is undeniable, and as such it deserves the attention of students of law and many a constitutional scholar alike * Julian Scholtes, International Journal of Constitutional Law *

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András Sajó is a judge (2008) and past vice-president (2015-2017) of the European Court of Human Rights. He is also a University Professor at the Central European University and Global Visiting Professor of Law at New York University Law School. He is the author and editor of numerous books on comparative constitutional law, including the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law, with Michel Rosenfeld. Renáta Uitz is professor and chair of the comparative constitutional law program at the Central European University.

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