American constitutionalism
Subtitle: from theory to politics
By: Stephen M. Griffin
Edition: 1st pbk. print.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781400822126; 9780691002408
Subjects: Politics and government; LAW; Constitutional law; Philosophy; Constitutional; Public
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: 1: American constitutionalism; title: The idea of American constitutionalism; title: The sovereignty of the people; title: The problem of constitutional change; title: 2: The constitution and political institutions; title: Madison and the problem of faction; title: The Constitution and the concept of the state; title: The Constitution and American political development; title: 3: Judicial review and American democracy; title: The establishment of Judicial independence; title: Judicial review and democracy in the modern state; title: The contemporary debate and the role of the Supreme Court; title: 4: Problems of constitutional adjudication; title: The Supreme Court and American constitutionalism; title: The process of Judicial decisionmaking; title: 5: Theories of constitutional interpretation; title: A pluralist theory of American constitutional interpretation; title: The contemporary theoretical debate; title: Democracy and theories of interpretation; title: The problem of history in constitutional interpretation; title: Interpreting the fourteenth amendment; title: Republicanism and constitutional philosophy; title: 6: Constitutional crisis and reform; title: Constitutional crisis; title: Constitutional reform; title: The future of American constitutionalism.