The American constitutional order
Subtitle: history, cases, and philosophy
By: Douglas W. Kmiec, Professor of Constitutional Law and Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, Pepperdine University School of Law, Ambassador of the United States (Ret.); Stephen B. Presser, Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History, Northwestern University School of Law; John C. Eastman, Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service and Former Dean, Chapman University, Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Contributors: Presser, Stephen B., 1946- author; Eastman, John C., 1960- author
Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: LexisNexis
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New Providence, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1470
ISBN-13: 9781630434304
Subjects: Constitutional law; Philosophy; Constitutional history
Notes: Includes bibliographical and index.
Table of contents: title: The philosophical and natural law basis of the American order : remote and immediate ancestors; title: The declaration and its constitution : linking first principle to necessary means; title: A structurally-divided, but workable, government; title: A limited government of enumerated power; title: A government mindful of dual sovereignty; title: A fair government; title: A government commitment to freedom; title: A government commitment to equality; title: A government of imperfect knowledge : of inkblots, liberty and life itself.