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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101009246836

ISBN-139781009246835

eBay Product ID (ePID)24057246528

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Book TitleAmending America's Unwritten Constitution

Number of Pages250 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicConstitutional

Publication Year2022

FeaturesNew Edition

IllustratorYes

GenreLaw

AuthorRyan Williams

Book SeriesComparative Constitutional Law and Policy Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

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LCCN2022-023312

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal342.7303

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Table Of ContentIntroduction; 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.

SynopsisIt 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., There have been only twenty-seven amendments to the text of the US Constitution since its creation, but many more changes to the Constitution's unwritten rules. How did those changes happen, if not by textual amendment? This volume takes a deep dive into that fascinating puzzle.

LC Classification NumberKF4555.A955 2022