American constitutionalism : from theory to politics /

Show other versions (2)
Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Griffin, Stephen M., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
Edition:1st pbk. print.
Subjects:
Constitutional law > United States.
Constitutional law > Philosophy.
Droit constitutionnel > Philosophie.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Constitutional law
Constitutional law > Philosophy
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1: American constitutionalism
  • The idea of American constitutionalism
  • The sovereignty of the people
  • The problem of constitutional change
  • 2: The constitution and political institutions
  • Madison and the problem of faction
  • The Constitution and the concept of the state
  • The Constitution and American political development
  • 3: Judicial review and American democracy
  • The establishment of Judicial independence
  • Judicial review and democracy in the modern state
  • The contemporary debate and the role of the Supreme Court
  • 4: Problems of constitutional adjudication
  • The Supreme Court and American constitutionalism
  • The process of Judicial decisionmaking
  • 5: Theories of constitutional interpretation
  • A pluralist theory of American constitutional interpretation
  • The contemporary theoretical debate
  • Democracy and theories of interpretation
  • The problem of history in constitutional interpretation
  • Interpreting the fourteenth amendment
  • Republicanism and constitutional philosophy
  • 6: Constitutional crisis and reform
  • Constitutional crisis
  • Constitutional reform
  • The future of American constitutionalism.

Similar Items