The proposed collection will examine the central role of security sector reform in constitutional transitions, focusing on emerging democracies. Neglected as a topic in the constitutional law literature, the volume will be the first to offer a sustained analysis of the legal aspects of security reform.

• Introduction: Leverage, Sequencing, Design, and Separation-Considerations in Security Sector Reform During Constitutional Transition


• PART I MILITARY DICTATORSHIPS


• 1: Narcís Serra: Security Sector Reform in Post-Franco Spain


• 2: Gonzalo García Pino: The Slow Change in Chile: Long-Term Security Sector Reform Alongside Constitutional Transition


• 3: Sandra Elena and Julia Pomares: Argentina's Security Sector Reform: Democratization Before Constitutional Transition


• 4: Agus Widjojo and Andrew Ellis: Stage-Managing Security Sector Reform in Indonesia


• PART II POLICE STATES


• 5: Richard Stacey: Police Impunity in Kenya


• 6: Ernest Lartey and Kwesi Aning: Constitutional Reform and Security Sector Reform in Ghana


• 7: Richard Stacey and Christina Murray: Security Sector Reform and Democratic Transition in Parallel: The South African Case


• PART III POST-AUTHORITARIAN REFORM: RUPTURES, CONFLICT, AND MANAGED TRANSITIONS


• 8: Zaid al-Ali: Constitutional Reform Processes and Security Sector Reform: Principles for Practice-Iraq Case Study


• 9: Philippe Droz-Vincent: The Arab Spring Region in a Constitutional Era: A Few Instances of Short-Lived Security Sector Reform


• Conclusion: Security Sector Reform and constitutional Transitions-Challenging the Consensus

Zoltan Barany is Frank C. Erwin, Jr., Centennial Professor, Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin.
Sumit Bisarya is Head of Constitution Building and Head of Mission at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).
Sujit Choudhry is Director of the Center for Constitutional Transitions; Guest Researcher, Centre for Global Constitutionalism, WZB Berlin Social Science Centre; and Constitutional Advisor, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).
Richard Stacey is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.