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020 _a978-1-107-47662-2
082 _a342(73)
_bORR
245 _aThe Cambridge Companion to the United States Constitution
260 _aUnited Kingdom:
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2018.
300 _aix, 508p.
520 _aThis Companion provides a broad, historically informed introduction to the study of the US constitutional system. In place of the usual laundry lists of cases, doctrines and theories, it presents a picture of the constitutional system in action, with separate sections devoted to constitutional principles, organizational structures, and the various legal and extra-legal "actions" through which litigators and average citizens have attempted to bring about constitutional change.
650 _aPart I : Principles
_a1. A Lighter Touch: American Constitutional Principles in Comparative perspective
_a2. Due Process: A Unified Understanding
_a3. Civil Liberties and the Dual Legacy of the Founding
_a4. Political Representation and the US constitution Andrew Rehfeld
_a5. Equality
650 _aPART II: Structure
_a6. Overcoming Sovereign Immunity: Causes of Action for Enforcing the Constitution
_a7. Federalism
_a8. Separation of Powers
_a9. Executive Power and National Security Power
_a10. The Constitution and the Administrative State
650 _aPART III ACTIONS
_a11. Constitutional Judgment
_a12. Suits against Officeholders
_a13. Habeas Corpus
_a14. The Supreme Court, the Constitution and American Public Policy
_a15. The Constitution, the Law, and Social Change: Mapping Pathways of Influence
700 _aOrren, Kare(ED.)
700 _aCompton, John W. (ED.)
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