The Article V amendatory constitutional convention : keeping the republic in the twenty-first century / Thomas E. Brennan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brennan, Thomas E., 1929-2018, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional conventions--United States.

Constitutional conventions.

United States.

United States. Constitution--Article 5.

Physical Description:

ix, 185 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Article five amendatory constitutional convention

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]

Summary:

This book is the first full-length entry into the academic debate about Article V by an author with judicial credentials. It includes the proposal of a plan to conduct an Article V convention. This work will generate reactions and commentary from scholars, as well as elected officials whose positions might be affected by convention proposals. Book jacket.

Contents:

Congress shall, but Congress won't

We can and we will

The ayes and nays

Reasoning together

Legislative reform

Executive reform

Judicial reform

Federalism

The convention.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498501033

1498501036

OCLC:

882620533