Amending America's Unwritten Constitution (Hardcover)

It 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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
Release date:	October 2022
Editors:	Richard Albert • Ryan C. Williams • Yaniv Roznai
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	250
ISBN-13:	978-1-00-924683-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Law > International law > Public international law > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General
LSN:	1-00-924683-6
Barcode:	9781009246835

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