Why the Constitution matters
By: Mark Tushnet.
Series: Why X matters
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780300150360
Subjects: United States. -- Supreme Court; Constitutional law -- United States; Political questions and judicial power -- United States
Description: "Mark Tushnet has squared the circle by writing a book that is both accessible and highly sophisticated. An admirable achievement that should improve public discourse about the role of the Constitution."--Adrian Vermeule, John H. Watson, Jr., Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.

"An outstanding introduction to the many ways that the Constitution shapes American politics, and politics shapes American constitutional law."--Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School.

"Mark Tushnet has issued another bold challenge to constitutional orthodoxy in the United States. His incisive examination of how the Constitution of the United States does more to structure politics than dictate specific outcomes will fascinate lawyers, political scientists, and citizens."--Mark Graber, Professor of Law and Government, University of Maryland.

"Mark Tushnet has written a profoundly important and illuminating book in a wonderfully conversational style. It deserves to be read by scholars, students, and citizens alike who wish to learn what difference it might truly make that we conduct our politics under the aegis of the Constitution."--Sanford Levinson, author of Our Undemocratic Constitution --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How the Constitution matters; title: How the Supreme Court matters; title: How to make the Constitution matter more or differently.