Comparative Constitution Project Data

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Comparative Constitutional Project

Publication Date:

2022

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Dataset Description:

The dataset includes information on 799 constitutional systems and 2,999 amendments across various countries since 1789. The primary objective of the CCP is to record the characteristics of national constitutions written since 1789. The CCP aims to fill this informational gap by providing systematic data to comparative legal scholars for analysis long before they provide advice to constitution drafters. It is our hope that the analysis of, and insights from, these data will promote peace, justice, and human development through the constitution making process. The dataset has s a size of approximately 435 kB and is organized into several key components:

Chronology of Constitutional Events: This component documents each constitutional event (e.g., adoption, amendment, suspension) for recognized independent states since 1789.
Constitutional Texts: The CCP has collected the texts of nearly every constitutional system as well as most amendments, providing a repository for textual analysis.
Characteristics of National Constitutions: This dataset includes approximately 650 variables coded for each constitution, detailing various aspects such as governmental structure, rights, and amendment processes.

Publications Citing This Dataset:

Callais, Justin and Young, Andrew T., Revolutionary Constitutions: Are They Revolutionary in Terms of Constitutional Design? (2023). Free Market Institute Research Paper No. 4360242, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4360242 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4360242

Variables:

Name	Description
COWCODE	Correlates of War country code (correlatesofwar.org).
COUNTRY	Country name
YEAR	Year
SYST	Identifies new constitutional systems. 0. No new constitutional system 1. New constitutional system
SYSTID	Unique identification number for the constitutional system
SYSTYEAR	Year in which the constitutional system was promulgated
EVNT	Identifies constitutional events. 0. No constitutional event 1. Constitutional event
EVNTID	Unique identification number for the constitutional event
EVNTYEAR	Year of promulgation of the most recent constitutional event
EVNTTYPE	Type of constitutional event (if any) (1-7, see codebook)
WG	Indicates whether the observation is part of the Ward and Gleditsch sample
-Coding and Sampling Variables-	For a list of all Coding and Sampling Variables see codebook

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