Constitutions as Coordinating Devices

Abstract

Why do successful constitutions have the attributes characteristically associated with the rule of law, such as generality, stability, universal applicability, publicity and consistency? Why do constitutions involve public reasoning? And, how is such a system sustained as an equilibrium?

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