The Constitution of the United States of America : a contextual analysis /: a contextual analysis. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Tushnet.
• Other Names: Tushnet, Mark V, 1945-
• Contents: 1. An overview of the history of the US Constitution. From the revolution to the Bill of Rights -- The early national period -- The crisis over slavery and the Civil War -- The late nineteenth century and the growth of the modern state -- The New Deal crisis and the new constitutional regime -- From the Reagan revolution to the present -- 2. The constitutional politics of the legislative branch. Congress: its basic structure and roles -- The American party system -- Political parties and the written constitution -- Conduct of elections -- Legislative districting and gerrymandering -- Candidate selection and gerrymandering -- Campaign financing -- Constitutional politics within Congress -- 3. The constitutional politics of the executive branch. The president as party leader -- The president's role in legislation -- The unitary executive and the modern administrative state -- The unitary executive in foreign affairs -- 4. The constitutional politics of the judicial branch. Judicial selection -- Judicial review and judicial supremacy -- Political constraints on the jurisdiction of the federal courts -- Doctrinal constraints on the jurisdiction of the federal courts -- Standing -- 5. Federalism and the reach of national power. State governments and the US constitution -- The emergence of plenary national power -- The so-called 'federalism revolution' of the 1990s -- Federalism and the spending power -- 6. Individual rights under the Constitution. The starting point -- Pragmatic and realist critiques -- The New Deal reconstruction -- The emergence of modern liberalism: autonomy and accommodation -- Lawyers and rights litigation: the development of support structures -- Political parties and social movements -- Constitutional rights at century's end -- 7. The processes of constitutional change. Formal amendments -- Substance -- Constitutional interpretation as a mechanism of constitutional change -- Interpretive methods: an introduction -- Constitutional moments and constitutional change -- Constitutional moments.
• Publisher Details: Oxford [England] Portland, Or : Hart
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 296 pages)
• Subjects: 342.73; Constitutional law -- United States; Droit constitutionnel -- États-Unis; Constitutional law; Grondwetten; Verfassung -- USA; Verfassungsrecht; Verfassungsrecht; United States; Verenigde Staten; USA; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847317063; 1847317065
• Related ISBNs: 9781841137384; 1841137383
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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