Amending America's Unwritten Constitution

Herausgeber: Albert, Richard; Roznai, Yaniv; Williams, Ryan C

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"There have been 27 amendments to the text of the US Constitution in just under 235 years. But there have been many more changes to the Constitution's unwritten rules. How do those changes happen, if not by textual amendment? This book is a deep dive into that fascinating puzzle"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781009246835
• ISBN-10: 1009246836
• Artikelnr.: 64037769

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. The unwritten constitutions of the United States Mark
Graber; 2. Enumerating amendments Sanford Levinson; 3. Change is the only
constant: unwritten amendments and the courts Carolyn Shapiro; 4. The role
of the people in unwritten amendment Emily Zackin; 5. Unwritten state
constitutions? In search of constitutional participants Miriam Seifter; 6.
State constitutions and the interaction between formal amendment and
unwritten commitments Jonathan L. Marshfield; 7. The drive for a national
popular vote for the presidency: a case study in amending the unwritten
constitution Vikram David Amar; 8. The Trump presidency, racial
realignment, and the future of constitutional norms Neil S. Siegel; 9.
Amending an unwritten constitution: comparative perspectives Mark Tushnet;
10. The unwritten foundations of (all) written constitutions Frederick
Schauer.