Live Near New York City?

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Then come see me present "Could Better Constitutional Design Have Saved the Roman Republic?" at the NYU Colloquium on Market Institutions & Economic Processes.

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  1. TokyoTom11:27 PM

    Sorry, but NYC is a bit out of the way.

    How about tell us what your answer is?

    But of course constitutions are political compromises and not the product of a "design team" The (in)effectiveness of a constitution depends less on what it says than on the existence of political institutions/players willing to enforce it.

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  2. Anonymous6:26 AM

    I'm there (possibly).

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  3. gcallah1:35 PM

    'But of course constitutions are political compromises and not the product of a "design team"'

    This is one of my (Oakeshott's) opints -- people think they are designing a constitution, but they are really just cobbling one together from bitsand pieces of traditions, customs, precepts, ideologies, etc.

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  4. gcallah1:38 PM

    How will I know it's you, Sidney?

    (Oh, and contact me as to how to get in the building if you're coming.)

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  5. gcallah12:20 PM

    Runescape money, I'm glad you're interested as well.

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