Perfecting the Constitution : the case for the Article V amendment process /
Guerra, Darren Patrick,
Perfecting the Constitution : the case for the Article V amendment process / Darren Patrick Guerra. - 1 online resource (x, 239 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239).
Creation of Article V -- Perfecting the Constitution -- Constitutional Revolution -- An Ultimate Remedy : Creating and Ratifying Article V -- The Founders' Article V Consensus -- Criticism of Article V -- The Progressive Challenge to Article V -- The Critics : Article V is Too Difficult -- The Critics : Article V is Undemocratic -- The Critics : Article V is Too Formal -- Conclusion : The Case for Article V.
This book provides a brief intellectual and constitutional history of the Article V amending process from the Imperial Crisis until the present and shows Article V to be a vital part of the Constitutional architecture. Furthermore, it defends Article V from critics who claim it is too difficult, undemocratic, and too formal; and it makes the case for Article V as the sole legitimate form of Constitutional amendment.
English.
9780739183861 (ebook) 0739183869 9780739183861 (electronic) (cloth ; alk. paper) 1498515444 9781498515443
2021675895
Constitutional amendments--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
LAW--Constitutional.
LAW--Public.
Constitutional amendments.
Constitutional law.
United States.
Electronic books.
KF4555
342.7303/2
Perfecting the Constitution : the case for the Article V amendment process / Darren Patrick Guerra. - 1 online resource (x, 239 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239).
Creation of Article V -- Perfecting the Constitution -- Constitutional Revolution -- An Ultimate Remedy : Creating and Ratifying Article V -- The Founders' Article V Consensus -- Criticism of Article V -- The Progressive Challenge to Article V -- The Critics : Article V is Too Difficult -- The Critics : Article V is Undemocratic -- The Critics : Article V is Too Formal -- Conclusion : The Case for Article V.
This book provides a brief intellectual and constitutional history of the Article V amending process from the Imperial Crisis until the present and shows Article V to be a vital part of the Constitutional architecture. Furthermore, it defends Article V from critics who claim it is too difficult, undemocratic, and too formal; and it makes the case for Article V as the sole legitimate form of Constitutional amendment.
English.
9780739183861 (ebook) 0739183869 9780739183861 (electronic) (cloth ; alk. paper) 1498515444 9781498515443
2021675895
Constitutional amendments--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
LAW--Constitutional.
LAW--Public.
Constitutional amendments.
Constitutional law.
United States.
Electronic books.
KF4555
342.7303/2