A Principled Constitution

Author : Akhil Reed Amar
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 0465029574
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Unwritten Constitution written by Akhil Reed Amar and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading between the lines: America's implicit Constitution -- Heeding the deed: America's enacted Constitution -- Hearing the people: America's lived Constitution -- Confronting modern case law: America's "warrented" Constitution -- Putting precedent in its place: America's doctrinal Constitution -- Honoring the icons: America's symbolic Constitution -- "Remembering the ladies" : America's feminist Constitution -- Following Washington's lead: America's "Georgian" Constitution -- Interpreting government practices: America's institutional Constitution -- Joining the party: America's partisan Constitution -- Doing the right thing: America's conscientious Constitution -- Envisioning the future: America's unfinished Constitution -- Afterward -- Appendix: America's written Constitution.

Author : Steven D. Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666911488
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Principled Constitution? written by Steven D. Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the United States Constitution the embodiment of certain principles? The four authors of this book for a variety of reasons, and with somewhat different emphases, believe the answer is no. Those who authored the Constitution no doubt all believed in liberty, equality, and, with caveats, republican self-government values, or if you will, principles. But they had different conceptions of those principles and what those principles entailed for constituting a government. Although the Constitution they created reflected, in some sense, their principles, the Constitution itself was a specific list of do’s and don’ts that its creators hoped would gain the allegiance of the newly independent and sovereign states. And, for somewhat different reasons, the authors of this book believe that was a good thing.

Author : BRIAN W. BLAESSER
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780367099442
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book LAND USE & THE CONSTITUTION written by BRIAN W. BLAESSER and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Grant Huscroft
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521887410
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Expounding the Constitution written by Grant Huscroft and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to interpret the constitution? Does constitutional interpretation involve moral reasoning, or is legal reasoning something different? What does it mean to say that a limit on a right is justified? How does judicial review fit into a democratic constitutional order? Are attempts to limit its scope incoherent? How should a jurist with misgivings about the legitimacy of judicial review approach the task of judicial review? Is there a principled basis for judicial deference? Do constitutional rights depend on the protection of a written constitution, or is there a common law constitution that is enforceable by the courts? How are constitutional rights and unwritten constitutional principles to be reconciled? In this book, these and other questions are debated by some of the world's leading constitutional theorists and legal philosophers. Their essays are essential reading for anyone concerned with constitutional rights and legal theory.

Author : Ronald Dworkin
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0198265573
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom's Law written by Ronald Dworkin and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1999 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dworkin's important book is a collection of essays which discuss almost all of the great constitutional issues of the last two decades, including abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, homosexuality, pornography, and free speech. Dworkin offers a consistently liberal view of the Constitution and argues that fidelity to it and to law demands that judges make moral judgments. He proposes that we all interpret the abstract language of the Constitution by reference to moral principles about political decency and justice. His 'moral reading' therefore brings political morality into the heart of constitutional law. The various chapters of this book were first published separately; now drawn together they provide the reader with a rich, full-length treatment of Dworkin's general theory of law.

Author : James McClellan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberty, Order, and Justice written by James McClellan and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new Liberty Fund edition of James McClellan's classic work on the quest for liberty, order, and justice in England and America includes the author's revisions to the original edition published in 1989 by the Center for Judicial Studies. Unlike most textbooks in American Government, Liberty, Order, and Justice seeks to familiarize the student with the basic principles of the Constitution, and to explain their origin, meaning, and purpose. Particular emphasis is placed on federalism and the separation of powers. These features of the book, together with its extensive and unique historical illustrations, make this new edition of Liberty, Order, and Justice especially suitable for introductory classes in American Government and for high school students in advanced placement courses.

Author : Timothy Sandefur
Publisher : Cato Institute
ISBN 13 : 1939709040
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Conscience of the Constitution written by Timothy Sandefur and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Conscience of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty documents a forgotten truth: the word “democracy” is nowhere to be found in either the Constitution or the Declaration. But it is the overemphasis of democracy by the legal community–rather than the primacy of liberty, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence–that has led to the growth of government power at the expense of individual rights. Now, more than ever, Sandefur explains, the Declaration of Independence should set the framework for interpreting our fundamental law. In the very first sentence of the Constitution, the founding fathers stated unambiguously that “liberty” is a blessing. Today, more and more Americans are realizing that their individual freedoms are being threatened by the ever-expanding scope of the government. Americans have always differed over important political issues, but some things should not be settled by majority vote. In The Conscience of the Constitution, Timothy Sandefur presents a dramatic new challenge to the status quo of constitutional law.

Author : Thomas McIntyre Cooley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The General Principles of Constitutional Law in the United States of America written by Thomas McIntyre Cooley and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781988553702
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Zealand Constitution written by Bruce Harris and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by constitutional law specialist Bruce Harris, New Zealand Constitution An Analysis in Terms of Principles, is a unique commentary on New Zealand's unwritten constitution. The book, is written around sixteen fundamental principles, on which, in the author's view, the New Zealand constitution is built. The commentary on each principle is used to explain, analyse and critique the complex system of law and conventions that make up the constitution. The objective is to ensure that readers understand the New Zealand constitution as providing the foundation for an integrated system of stable government and an ordered society. This systematic approach to explaining the architecture of the constitution, is based on the authors more than forty years of experience of teaching and researching New Zealand constitutional law. The result is not only a clearly written and highly accessible text explaining the fundamentals of the New Zealand system of government, but also an indispensable learning tool for law students studying public law, political studies students, legal practitioners, judges, members of parliament, persons working in government and members of the community generally.

Author : Thomas McIntyre Cooley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The General Principles of Constitutional Law in the United States of America written by Thomas McIntyre Cooley and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: