Implementing the Constitution
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: March 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780674004641
Subjects: Constitutional & administrative law; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; United States; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; USA; United States.; Constitutional; Courts - Supreme Court; Law / Constitutional; Constitutional law; Supreme Court
Description: "This book argues that the Supreme Court performs two functions. The first is to identify the Constitution's idealized "meaning." The second is to develop judge-made tests and doctrines to realize that meaning in practice. Bridging the gap between the two - implementing the Constitution - requires moral vision, but also practical wisdom and common sense, ingenuity, and occasionally a willingness to make compromises."--Jacket.