This Constitutional Design Primer discusses emergency provisions in constitutions including declaring, terminating and renewing states of emergency, limitations on rights, concentration of power and postponing elections; as well as mechanisms for providing oversight of emergency powers.

This report from the Melbourne Forum on Constitution Building in Asia and Pacific provides an overview of the different forms of decentralization exhibited in constitutions across a number of Asia and Pacific states.

This Policy Paper from the Constitutional Transformation Network discusses the ways and degrees to which a state can decentralize its government functions.

This Constitutional Design Primer from International IDEA discusses the composition, powers and tenure of different forms of independent oversight and regulatory institutions such as human rights and anti-corruption commissions.

This Constitutional Brief from International IDEA provides a basic guide to constitutional courts and the issues that they raise in constitution-building processes.

This Constitutional Design Primer from International IDEA discusses discusses various constitutional design alternatives related to the structure and responsibilities of second houses in federal systems.

This Constitutional Design Primer from International IDEA discusses the rules and reasons for ending the term of office of a legislature.

This Constitutional Design Primer from International IDEA discusses the reasons for bicameralism, and different options concerning the composition and powers of a second chamber (also available in Spanish, Arabic and Myanmar language from the International IDEA website).

This Constitution Building Primer from International IDEA explains the legislative initiative and agenda-setting powers that allow presidents to exercise political leadership, for example enabling them to propose legislation, control the legislative agenda and issue decrees (also available in Spanish from the International IDEA website).

This Constitution Building Primer from International IDEA explains the constitutional rules for direct election of presidents in systems where president exercise executive power (available also in Spanish on the International IDEA website)