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Comparative Constitutionalism
10.21.20
Institute Director James Robinson presents the third of a three-part virtual lecture series at the New Economic School. This lecture seeks to draw some broad conclusions about what factors create differences in the nature of constitutions in different parts of the world and what the consequences of this are for social welfare.
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The Islamic Tradition
10.20.20
Institute Director James Robinson presents the second of a three-part virtual lecture series at the New Economic School. This lecture studies the nature of constitutionalism in the Islamic world and how it deviates radically from the Liberal-Democratic Tradition.