"Constitution" is a rich term in Western political culture, encompassing political and juridical doctrine as well as government practices through the ages. This volume examines "constitutional moments" in history, those occasions or episodes when significant steps were taken in the definition or redefinition of polities. Their actors were writers or politicians, rulers or ruled, who found inspiration in a distant past or instead looked towards a future to be drawn anew. This book sheds light on such moments from Ancient Greece to the present day, mostly in Europe but also in the Ottoman world and the Americas, thereby uncovering a revealing variety of constitutional thinking and action throughout history.

Contributors are: Jon Arrieta, Niall Bond, Luc Brisson, Peter Cholakov, Nora Chonowski, Angela De Benedictis, F. Sinem Eryilmaz, Hakon Evju, Pablo Fernandez Albaladejo, Javier Fernandez Sebastian, Merieke Gebhardt, Xavier Gil, Mark J. Hill, Ferenc Hoercher, Jaska Kainulainen, Thomas Lorman, Adriana Luna-Fabritius, Ere Nokkala, Brian Kjaer Olesen, Andras Pap, Nikola Regent, Alberto Mariano Rodriguez Martinez, Pablo Sanchez Leon, Jose Reis Santos, and Ersin Yildiz.