Constitutionalism and the rule of law in America / by Herman Belz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belz, Herman.

Series:

First Principles Series

First principles series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Constitutional law--United States--History.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Heritage Foundation, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The rule of law may be the most significant and influential accomplishment of Western political thought. Nowhere expressed yet evident throughout, the United States Constitution depends on this core concept, the first principle on which the American legal and political system was built.Made up of the various structural concepts embodied in the Constitution of the United States, constitutionalism comprises one of our most important first principles. The rule of law and constitutionalism are important concepts not because they are old, or unique, or exclusively ours for that matter, but because

Contents:

Origin of the Constitution in the era of the American Revolution

Elements of Constitutional politics

Federalism and the nature of the Union

Constitutional development and economic modernization

Convolutions of Republican freedom in the 21st century

Conclusion

About the author.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-89195-147-4

0-89195-132-6