Constitutional Construction: Divided Powers and Constitutional Meaning

by Keith E. Whittington

Book Overview

This book argues that the Constitution has a dual nature. The first aspect, on which legal scholars have focused, is the degree to which the Constitution acts as a binding set of rules that can be neutrally interpreted and externally enforced by the courts against government actors. This is the process of constitutional interpretation. But according to Keith Whittington, the Constitution also permeates politics itself, to guide and constrain political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067400583X
• ISBN13: 9780674005839
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"