Mila Versteeg

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Empirical Constitutional Studies: Future Directions
Adam Chilton
Adam Chilton is a Professor of Law and the Walter Mader Research Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School.
Mila Versteeg
Mila Versteeg is the Class of 1941 Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and a Carnegie Fellow at the Andrew Carnegie Foundation of New York.

Our new book—How Constitutional Rights Matter—tries to answer a difficult empirical question: do constitutional rights actually change government behavior? We theorize that constitutional rights that protect individuals often fail to constrain governments, but that constitutional rights that protect organizations can be powerful tools to push back against repression.

Empirical Constitutional Studies
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Courts’ Limited Ability to Protect Constitutional Rights
Adam S. Chilton
Assistant Professor of Law and Walter Ma nder Research Scholar, The University of Chicago Law School
Mila Versteeg
Professor of Law, University of Virgin ia School of Law
In October 2015, Poland’s newly elected conservative government moved swiftly to neutralize the country’s Constitutional Tribunal.
Constitutional Law Courts
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The Coming Demise of Liberal Constitutionalism?
Tom Ginsburg
Leo Spitz Professor of International Law and Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar, The University of Chicago Law School
Aziz Z. Huq
Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, The University of Chicago Law School.
Mila Versteeg
Class of 1941 Research Professor of Law, University of Virgina School of Law

In the wake of World War II, liberal constitutionalism emerged as a default design choice for political systems across Europe and North America. It then diffused more widely across the globe as a whole.

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