Images of a Constitution

First published in 1989, Conklin first tells us what a constitution is not: it is not a text, a compendium of judicial and legislative decisions interpreting a text, a set of doctrines, moral/political values, customs,a priori conceptions. A constitution is an image which exists through the legal consciousness of a community.

List of contents

Preface. 1. Introduction: Images of a Constitution Part I: Images and the Law of a Constitution 2. Images and Three Traditional Subjects of Canadian Constitutional Law 3. Images and Constitutional Procedure 4. Constitutional Amendment 5. The Canadian Bill of Rights 6. Lower Court Images of a Charter of Rights 7. Supreme Court Images of a Charter of Rights Part II: The Rationalist Image of a Constitution 8. The Rule Rationalist Image of Federalism Law 9. The Policy Rationalist Image of Federalism Law 10. The Image of “Orthodox” Rationalism Part III: An Image of a Constitution and the Text 11. Rand’s Teleological Image of a Constitution 12. The Text and the Text’s Questions 13. An Image of a Constitution. Notes. S ubject Index. Name Index. Index of Cases Reviewed.

Summary

First published in 1989, Conklin first tells us what a constitution is not: it is not a text, a compendium of judicial and legislative decisions interpreting a text, a set of doctrines, moral/political values, customs,a priori conceptions. A constitution is an image which exists through the legal consciousness of a community.

Product details

• Authors: William E. Conklin, Conklin William E.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032802831
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3280283-1
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; PHILOSOPHY / General, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law