Living Constitution Or Fundamental Law? - American Constitutionalism in Historical Perspective

Klappentext In A Living Constitution or Fundamental Law?! distinguished scholar Herman Belz considers the concept of constitutionalism as the subject matter of constitutional history. He argues that the study of constitutionalism should be interdisciplinary! requiring the insights and methods of history! political science! and jurisprudence. Belz illuminates the evolution of American constitutionalism across the span of American history! from the Founding to Reconstruction to the Cold War and the rise of the bureaucratic state in the 1980s. Zusammenfassung This text considers the concept of constitutionalism as the subject matter of constitutional history and argues that the study of constitutionalism should be interdisciplinary! requiring the insights and methods of history! political science! and jurisprudence.

Product details

• Authors: Herman Belz, Belz Herman
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.1998
• EAN: 9780847686421
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8642-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Economics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law