Contemporary Questions Surrounding the Constitutional Amending Process

List of contents

Preface
The Origins and History of the Constitutional Amending Process in America
The Question of Justiciability--Which Branch of Government Should Have the Ultimate Say Over Issues Involving the Amending Process?
The Question of Standards--What Rules Are Most Appropriately Applied to Procedural Issues Surrounding the Amending Process?
The Question of Safety: Are There Adequate Rules and Enforceable Limits on Article V Conventions?
The Question of Exclusivity--Can Any Constitutional Changes Be Adopted Without Using Article V?
The Question of Exclusivity--The Arguments of Akil Reed Amar
The Question of Limitations--Are There Implicit Restraints on the Constitutional Amending Process?
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

John R. Vile is professor and chair of the Political Science Department at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN. He is the editor of ABC-CLIO's Great American Judges and author of The Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the award-winning Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments.

Product details

• Authors: John R. Vile, Vile John R.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.1993
• EAN: 9780275945411
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94541-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 510 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, LAW / Constitutional, Political structure & processes, United States of America, USA, Political structure and processes, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Politics, Law, and Government: Law