Biographical note

Tom Ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Professor of International Law at the University of Chicago, where he also holds an appointment in the Political Science Department. His books include Democracies and Constitutional Law (2021); How to Save a Constitutional Democracy (2018, with Aziz Z. Huq); The Endurance of National Constitutions (2009, with Zachary Elkins and James Melton), which won the best book award from Comparative Democratization Section of American Political Science Association; Judicial Review in New Democracies (2003), and over 20 edited volumes. Sumit Bisarya is Head of Constitution Building Process Programme at International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). Previously he was the Senior Constitutions Advisor with the United Nations Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. He has over a decade of experience in providing constitutional assistance in over 15 countries around the world.