Comparing the 1971, 2012, and 2013 Egyptian Constitutions

Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:36:15 +0000

The Comparative Constitutions Project has developed a new tool that allows one to compare the 1971, 2012, and 2013 Egyptian constitutions:  http://comparativeconstitutionsproject.org/comparing-the-egyptian-constitution/.  We have assigned the topics from the Constitute site to the texts of those three constitutions, which allows one to select a topic and see how each of the three constitutions addresses it.  If […]

Directly Querying the Constitute Data

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:00:56 +0000

Thank you to all who attended my seminar today.  As promised, I am going to provide the code that I used to query the data underlying the Constitute site. To start, you will need to know how to write a SPARQL query.  There are good resources online to teach you how to write such queries […]

What Would a Scottish Constitution Look Like?

Mon, 09 Dec 2013 08:51:34 +0000

Last week, Stephen Tierney posted an excellent evaluation of the White Paper released by the Scottish Government on “Scotland’s Future”.  In his evaluation, Professor Tierney addresses three issues related to the Government’s repeated commitment to write a constitution should Scotland become independent:  1) when will it be finished? 2) what will be in it? and […]