America's Unwritten Constitution
The Precedents and Principles We Live By
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Constitutional, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Akhil Reed Amar | ISBN: | 9780465033096 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books | Publication: | September 11, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Basic Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Akhil Reed Amar |
| ISBN: | 9780465033096 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Publication: | September 11, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Language: | English |
America's Unwritten Constitution presents a bold new vision of the American constitutional system, one in which proper interpretation of the Constitution rests on the interplay between its written and unwritten manifestations, but in which interpretation does not, and cannot, depend wholly on one form or the other. Neither America's written Constitution nor its unwritten Constitution stands alone, Amar shows, and with each eye-opening example he develops a deeper, more compelling way of thinking about constitutional law than has ever been put forth before-a methodology that looks past the basic text to reveal the diverse influences, supplements, and possibilities that comprise it.
America's Unwritten Constitution presents a bold new vision of the American constitutional system, one in which proper interpretation of the Constitution rests on the interplay between its written and unwritten manifestations, but in which interpretation does not, and cannot, depend wholly on one form or the other. Neither America's written Constitution nor its unwritten Constitution stands alone, Amar shows, and with each eye-opening example he develops a deeper, more compelling way of thinking about constitutional law than has ever been put forth before-a methodology that looks past the basic text to reveal the diverse influences, supplements, and possibilities that comprise it.
