Constitutional Identity
Published on 29. October 2010
388 pages
978-0-674-05939-9 (ISBN)
Description
Jacobsohn argues that a constitution acquires an identity through experience-from a mix of the political aspirations and commitments that express a nation's past and the desire to transcend that past. It is changeable but resistant to its own destruction, and manifests itself in various ways.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-05939-9 (9780674059399)
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Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn
Constitutional Identity
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10/2010
Harvard University Press
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Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn is H. Malcolm MacDonald Professor of Constitutional and Comparative Law in the Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin.
Content
Contents Preface 1. Introduction: The Disharmonic Constitution 2. The Conundrum of the Unconstitutional Constitution 3. The Quest for a Compelling Unity 4. The Permeability of Constitutional Borders 5. The Sounds of Silence: Militant and Acquiescent Constitutionalism 6. "The First Page of the Constitution": Family, State, and Identity 7. Conclusion Index
