City, State - Constitutionalism and the Megacity

This book traces the origins of constitutional silence about the metropolis; explores how urban agglomeration affects the theory and practice of constitutional democracy; examines the constitutional status and jurisprudence of megacity autonomy/dependence; advances new arguments for granting the metropolis adequate constitutional standing; and probes the political economy of state-city constitutional relations across time and place.

List of contents

• Introduction: An Urban Era


• Chapter 1: The Sound of Constitutional Silence


• Chapter 2: The Metropolis in "Old World" Constitutional Law


• Chapter 3: Constitutional Innovation in Governing the Metropolis: Law, Economic, Politics


• Chapter 4: Attempts at City Self-Empowerment


• Chapter 5: Rethinking City Constitutional Status


• Acknowledgments


• List of Cases Cited


• Index

About the author

Ran Hirschl is University Professor, and the David R. Cameron Distinguished Professor in Law and Politics at the University of Toronto. In 2014, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) - the highest academic accolade in that country. The official citation describes him as "one of the world's leading scholars of comparative constitutional law, courts and jurisprudence."

Product details

• Authors: Ran Hirschl, Ran (Professor of Political Science & Law Hirschl, Hirschl Ran
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2025
• EAN: 9780197810200
• ISBN: 978-0-19-781020-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Comparative Constitutionalism
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law / Government / State, Provincial & Municipal, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Comparative, Political science & theory, comparative law, Political science and theory, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general