Abstract:Why do legal arrangements for the institutions of government (legislative, executive, judicial branches) in Western liberal democracies develop faster, or in a different way, in one jurisdiction in comparison to another? In this article, it is argued that constitutional theory can help us understand the development of these legal institutional arrangements, for example in light of the changing role of national highest courts in the globalised legal context. For this purpose, the concept of constitutional (in-)… Show more
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