Sawyer, who served as head of an interim government in Liberia charged with forging a peace agreement in the war-torn country from August 1990 to March 1994, here reflects on the constitutional foundations that may help bring about a sustainable peace and democratic governance. His institutional analysis of Liberia's political order highlights a number of recurrent themes, including the proposition that Liberia's governing order should be reconstituted on the basis of limited or shared...