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Includes bibliographical references and index
1: American constitutionalism -- The idea of American constitutionalism -- The sovereignty of the people -- The problem of constitutional change -- 2: The constitution and political institutions -- Madison and the problem of faction -- The Constitution and the concept of the state -- The Constitution and American political development -- 3: Judicial review and American democracy -- The establishment of Judicial independence -- Judicial review and democracy in the modern state -- The contemporary debate and the role of the Supreme Court -- 4: Problems of constitutional adjudication -- The Supreme Court and American constitutionalism -- The process of Judicial decisionmaking -- 5: Theories of constitutional interpretation -- A pluralist theory of American constitutional interpretation -- The contemporary theoretical debate -- Democracy and theories of interpretation -- The problem of history in constitutional interpretation -- Interpreting the fourteenth amendment -- Republicanism and constitutional philosophy -- 6: Constitutional crisis and reform -- Constitutional crisis -- Constitutional reform -- The future of American constitutionalism
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Includes bibliographical references and index
1: American constitutionalism -- The idea of American constitutionalism -- The sovereignty of the people -- The problem of constitutional change -- 2: The constitution and political institutions -- Madison and the problem of faction -- The Constitution and the concept of the state -- The Constitution and American political development -- 3: Judicial review and American democracy -- The establishment of Judicial independence -- Judicial review and democracy in the modern state -- The contemporary debate and the role of the Supreme Court -- 4: Problems of constitutional adjudication -- The Supreme Court and American constitutionalism -- The process of Judicial decisionmaking -- 5: Theories of constitutional interpretation -- A pluralist theory of American constitutional interpretation -- The contemporary theoretical debate -- Democracy and theories of interpretation -- The problem of history in constitutional interpretation -- Interpreting the fourteenth amendment -- Republicanism and constitutional philosophy -- 6: Constitutional crisis and reform -- Constitutional crisis -- Constitutional reform -- The future of American constitutionalism
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