A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

AvMark A. Graber,Universirty of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law) Graber, Mark A. (Professor of Law and Government, Professor of Law and Government,Mark A Graber

469 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism is the first text to study the entirety of American constitutionalism, not just the traces that appear in Supreme Court decisions. Mark A. Graber both explores and offers original answers to such central questions as: What is a Constitution,? What are fundamental constitutional purposes? How are constitutions interpreted? How is constitutional authority allocated? How to constitutions change? How is the Constitution of the United States influenced by international and comparative law? and, most important, How does the Constitution work? Relying on an historical/institutional perspective, the book illustrates how American constitutionalism is a distinct form of politics, rather than a means from separating politics from law. Constitutions work far more by constructing and constituting politics than by compelling people to do what they would otherwise do. People debate the proper meaning of the first amendment, but these debates are influenced by the rule that all states are equally represented in the Senate and a political culture that in which political dissenters do not fear for their lives. More than any other work on the market, A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism highlights and expands on what a generation for law professors, political scientists and historians have said about the American constitutionalism regime. As such, this is the first truly interdisciplinary study of constitutional politics in the United States.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-05-14
Mått155 x 231 x 22 mm
Vikt458 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190245238

Tillhör följande kategorier

Mark A. Graber is Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Professor of Law and Government at the Universirty of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. He is the author of Rethinking Abortion (Princeton, 1996), Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil (Cambridge, 2006), and, with Howard Gillman and Keith Whittington, American Constitutionalism, Volumes I and II (Oxford, 2012).

Preface ; 1. Introduction to American Constitutionalism ; A. Basic Constitutional Questions ; B. Identifying Basic Constitutional Questions ; C. Thinking About Basic Constitutional Questions ; 2. What is a Constitution? ; A. Classical Constitutionalism ; B. Modern Constitutionalism ; C. Contemporary Constitutionalism ; 3. Constitutional Purposes ; A. Constitutionalism and Democracy: The Dead Hand Problem ; B. Basic Constitutional Purposes ; C. American Constitutional Purposes ; D. The Virtues and Vices of Constitutionalism ; 4. Constitutional Interpretation ; A. The Living Constitution and Its Discontents ; B. Constitutional Arguments ; C. Constitutional Interpretation and Constitutional Purposes ; D. The Politics of Constitutional Argument ; 5. Constitutional Authority ; A. The Counter-Majoritarian Difficulty, Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint ; B. Allocating Constitutional Authority ; C. Sharing Constitutional Authority ; D. The Politics of Shared Constitutional Authority ; E. Shared Constitutional Authority as Politics, Law, and Constitutionalism ; F. The Politics of Constitutional Argument ; 6. Constitutional Change ; A. Formal Constitutional Change ; B. Semi-Formal Constitutional Change ; C. Informal Constitutional Change ; D. The Law and Politics of Constitutional Change ; 7. American Constitutionalism in Global Perspective ; A. Foreign Policy: Two Constitutions? ; B. Comparative Constitutionalism: Universal or Particular ; C. A Higher Law? International Law and the Constitution ; D. The Particular and Universal Revisited ; 8. How Constitutions Work ; A. Of Cheeseburgers and Constitutions ; B. Constitutions as Constraining Politics ; C. Constitutions as Constructing Politics ; D. Constitutions as Constituting Politics ; E. The Self-Enforcing Constitution ; F. When Constitutions Do Not Work ; G. One Last Crisis

Mer från samma författare

The Complete American Constitutionalism, Volume One

Howard Gillman, Mark A. Graber, Keith E. Whittington, Irvine) Gillman, Howard (Chancellor and Professor of Political Science, History, and Law, Chancellor and Professor of Political Science, History, and Law, University of California, Francis King Carey School of Law) Graber, Mark A. (Professor of Law and Government, Professor of Law and Government, University of Maryland, Princeton University) Whittington, Keith E. (William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Politics, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Politics

Inbunden

2 439 kr

Oxford Handbook of the U.S. Constitution

Mark Tushnet, Mark A. Graber

Inbunden

2 229 kr

The Oxford Handbook of the U.S. Constitution

Mark Tushnet, Mark A. Graber, Sanford Levinson, Harvard Law School) Tushnet, Mark (William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Francis King Carey School of Law) Graber, Mark A. (Professor of Law and Government, Professor of Law and Government, University of Maryland, The University of Texas Law School) Levinson, Sanford (W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law, W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law, Mark V. Tushnet, Mark V Tushnet, Mark A Graber

Häftad

779 kr

The Complete American Constitutionalism, Volume Five, Part I

Mark A. Graber, Howard Gillman, Francis King Carey School of Law) Graber, Mark A. (University System of Maryland Regents Professor, University System of Maryland Regents Professor, University of Maryland, Irvine) Gillman, Howard (Chancellor and Professor of Political Science, History, and Law, Chancellor and Professor of Political Science, History, and Law, University of California, Mark A Graber

Inbunden

1 979 kr

Constitutional Democracy in Crisis?

GRABER, Graber, Mark A. Graber, Sanford Levinson, Mark Tushnet, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law) Graber, Mark A. (University System of Maryland Regents Professor, University System of Maryland Regents Professor, The University of Texas at Austin) Levinson, Sanford (W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair, and Professor of Government, W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair, and Professor of Government, Harvard Law School) Tushnet, Mark (William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law

Inbunden

1 829 kr

Constitutional Democracy in Crisis?

Mark A. Graber, Sanford Levinson, Mark Tushnet, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law) Graber, Mark A. (University System of Maryland Regents Professor, University System of Maryland Regents Professor, The University of Texas at Austin) Levinson, Sanford (W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair, and Professor of Government, W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair, and Professor of Government, Harvard Law School) Tushnet, Mark (William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Mark A Graber

Häftad

539 kr

American Constitutionalism: Volume I: Structures of Government

Howard Gillman, Mark A. Graber

Häftad

1 989 kr

American Constitutionalism

Howard Gillman, Mark A. Graber, Keith E. Whittington, Irvine) Gillman, Howard (Professor, Professor, University of California, University of Maryland) Graber, Mark A. (Professor, Professor, Princeton University) Whittington, Keith E. (Professor, Professor

Häftad

1 869 kr