We the people
Subtitle: a brief introduction to the Constitution and its interpretation
By: Donald C. Dahlin
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781137274069
Subjects: United States; Philosophy; Constitutional law; Political science
Description: We the people is, simply put, about the U.S. Constitution.  The author takes an analytical approach to existing scholarship and presents a limited number of landmark Supreme Court decisions in a way that makes this important material more accessible to the general reader.  Dahlin emphasizes, as the Preamble states, that it is We the people who have created the Constitution, and so We the people today need to have a solid understanding of 'our' document if we are to participate intelligently in the many important contemporary debates about what the Constitution does or does not mean and does or does not allow.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Taking the Constitution seriously; title: Who interprets; title: How to interpret; title: Ten landmark Supreme Court decisions; title: Taking stock.