There have been dramatic constitutional developments and legal reform in recent years in all ‘developing’ or ‘emerging’ regions of the world, one just has to think of the ‘Arab Spring.’ The spread of general principles of human rights and constitutional, representative government based on the rule of law, as either spurs for development or desirable outcomes of development, seems both possible and urgently necessary. The course examines the nature, fate and prospects for constitutional development and democratization in developing states from the perspective of comparative constitutional law, using case studies drawn from different parts of the world. In particular, the course employs the methods typically used in the analysis of comparative constitutional law and focuses on constitution-making and constitutional amendment; forms of state and forms of government; electoral laws; federalism, regionalism and devolution; the role and functions of constitutional and supreme courts; electoral management bodies. (Crossed listed International Relations/International Development) (IL)