Three Waves of Political Constitutionalism.

The article examines the evolution of political constitutionalism in three waves. Topics covered include the functionalist wave of political constitutionalism that was articulated by British jurist John Griffith in his 1978 Chorley Lecture on the political constitution, the normative wave which emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and the reflexive wave which is characterised by an internal reflection which addresses the political constitution on its own terms.