Tulane Law’s Carlos Bernal, the David Boies Distinguished Chair in Law, recently co-edited and published the “Elgar Research Handbook on Constitutional Interpretation,” alongside Prof. Kate O’Regan and Prof. Sujit Choudry.
Bernal, a former Justice of Colombia’s Constitutional Court, is a jurist and academic whose work spans constitutional interpretation, comparative constitutional change, and human rights.
Through a combination of thematic chapters and country-specific case studies, the Handbook offers a comparative framework for understanding how interpretation shapes constitutional law in diverse jurisdictions.
Constitutional Interpretation features contributions from a global team of experts, who discuss mission-driven constitutions through topics such as plurinationalism, transitional contexts, social transformation, post-authoritarianism, and defensive anti-authoritarianism. A variety of global case studies to support claims about the phenomenology of constitutional interpretation that are not tied to any specific country, while acknowledging that constitutional interpretation varies significantly across legal and political contexts.
This comprehensive Handbook is a valuable resource for students and scholars of comparative and constitutional law. Its broad scope will also appeal to those seeking a new perspective on regional human rights law.
You can learn more about the Handbook here.
