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Author:   Sanford Levinson
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9780691025704

ISBN 10:   0691025703
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   13 February 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments1Introduction: Imperfection and Amendability32How Many Times Has the United States Constitution Been Amended? (A) < 26; (B) 26; (C) 27; (D) > 27: Accounting for Constitutional Change133Constitutionalism in the United States: From Theory to Politics374Higher Lawmaking635Popular Sovereignty and Constitutional Amendment896The Plain Meaning of Article V1177Amending the Presuppositions of a Constitution1458Merlin's Memory: The Past and Future Imperfect of the Once and Future Polity1639The Case against Implicit Limits on the Constitutional Amending Process19110The ""Original"" Thirteenth Amendment and the Limits to Formal Constitutional Change21511Toward a Theory of Constitutional Amendment23712The Politics of Constitutional Revision in Eastern Europe27513Midrash: Amendment through the Molding of Meaning307Appendix: Amending Provisions of Selected New Constitutions in Eastern Europe319Contributors325Index327"

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[A] provocative collection of essays... [A] superb volume. The Law and Politics Book Review Sanford Levinson has assembled a sparkling collection of essays on the theory of constitutional amendment. Responding to Imperfection belongs in the library of every student of the Constitution... [An] enthusiastic thumbs-up for this provocative collection of essays... [A] superb volume. The Law and Politics Book Review

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Sanford Levinson holds the St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr., Regents Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin, with a joint appointment in the Department of Government there. He is also the author of Constitutional Faith (Princeton).

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