Contractarian model of the decline in classical liberalism

Holcombe, Randall G.

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“…Where, however, change in the rules does become necessary or desired, it must provide a procedure for considered change." As Holcombe (1980) notes, such change will be initiated by those holding government-authorized power, so the process of constitutional evolution is biased toward ever-increasing power for government. If some method of checks and balances is to be employed, would it be better to have those checks embodied in different areas of the central government, or to give the separate European nations the power to check their central government?…”

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Vibert's vision: Constitutional theory in search of a constitution

Holcombe

1996

Constit Polit Econ

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Frank Vibert's book, Europe: A Constitution for the Millennium, draws on constitutional economics to describe how aEuropean constitution should be developed to govern aEuropean political union. Vibert's theoretical constitutional framework is solid, but his analysis has two shortcomings. First, he discusses constitutional theory but never presents any specific constitutional provisions that would be based on that theory. This makes the feasibility of drawing up an acceptable constitution appear more straightforward than it actually is. Second, he assumes that Europe will eventually be politically unified in much the same manner as the United States, and does not consider alternatives. Rather than having a single European government, as Vibert suggests, a better alternative would be to have European nations united through a variety of treaties, agreements, and multinational organizations.

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confidence: 99%