Constitutional theory
Subtitle: arguments and perspectives
By: Michael J. Gerhardt, Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor in Constitutional Law & Director, Center for Law and Government, University of North Carolina School of Law; Stephen M. Griffin, Rutledge C. Clement, Jr. Professor in Constitutional Law, Tulane University School of Law; Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law Emeritus, Duke University School of Law; Lawrence B. Solum, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Contributors: Griffin, Stephen M., 1957- author; Rowe, Thomas D., Jr., 1942- author; Solum, Lawrence, author
Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: LexisNexis
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Providence, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780769865195
Subjects: Constitutional law
Notes: "[B]rings together ... comprehensive materials across the spectrum of constitutional theory."--Preface, page v.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: An overview of the development of American constitutional theory; title: Why constitutionalism?; title: Judicial activism and restraint : the contemporary debate; title: Theories of judicial review and judicial supremacy; title: Originalism; title: Structural reasoning; title: Moral reasoning; title: Precedent in constitutional adjudication; title: Conservatives and constitutional theory; title: Progressives and constitutional theory; title: The U.S. Constitution and global constitutionalism.