Introduction, Patrick J. Hanafin and Melissa S. Williams; constitutional stigmatization, Alan C. Cairns; the contagion of rights - constitutions as carriers, Vivien Hart; impartial justice and partial perspectives, Melissa S. Williams; issues of territoriality and identity in the Irish constitution, Patrick Hanafin; cultural identity and constitutional reform - the challenge of Northern Ireland, Damian O'Leary; "race" and language in American and Canadian politics, Richard Iton; globalization and governance, Jan Aart Scholte; regional integration and restrictive constitutionalism in North American and Western Europe, Robert O'Brien; constituionalism as a form of conflict resolution, Robert Vipond.
