The Constitution of the United States of America : a contextual analysis / Mark Tushnet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tushnet, Mark, 1945- author.

Contributor:

Charles H. Maxson Fund.

Series:

Constitutional systems of the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

United States. Constitution.

Constitution (United States).

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

xix, 282 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Hart Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

"This is the second edition of Professor Tushnet's short critical introduction to the history and current meaning of the United States' Constitution. It is organised around two themes: first, the U.S. Constitution is old, short, and difficult to amend. Second, the Constitution creates a structure of political opportunities that allows political actors, including political parties, to pursue the preferred policy goals even to the point of altering the very structure of politics. Deploying these themes to examine the structure of the national government, federalism, judicial review, and individual rights, the book provides basic information about, and deeper insights into, the way the US constitutional system has developed and what it means today"--Unedited summary from book cover.

Contents:

An overview of the history of the US Constitution

The constitutional politics of the legislative branch

The constitutional politics of the executive branch

The constitutional politics of the judicial branch

Federalism and the reach of national power

The substance of individual rights under the Constitution

The processes of constitutional change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles H. Maxson Fund.

ISBN:

9781849466042

1849466041

OCLC:

914227330

Publisher Number:

99982118805