Amending America's Unwritten Constitution - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1009246836 ISBN 13 : 9781009246835

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

It is well known that the US Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times since its creation in 1787, but that number does not reflect the true extent of constitutional change in America. Although the Constitution is globally recognized as a written text, it consists also of unwritten rules and principles that are just as important, such as precedents, customs, traditions, norms, presuppositions, and more. These, too, have been amended, but how does that process work? In this book, leading scholars of law, history, philosophy, and political science consider the many theoretical, conceptual, and practical dimensions of what it means to amend America's 'unwritten Constitution': how to change the rules, who may legitimately do it, why leaders may find it politically expedient to enact written instead of unwritten amendments, and whether anything is lost by changing the constitution without a codified constitutional amendment.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Richard Albert is the William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, Professor of Government, and Director of Constitutional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Ryan C. Williams is a Associate Professor of Law at Boston College Law School.

Yaniv Roznai is an Associate Professor at the Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009246836
• ISBN 13: 9781009246835
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Éditeur: Albert Richard, Williams Ryan C., Roznai Yaniv
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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