Responding to Imperfection: The Theory and Practice of Constitutional Amendment

by Sanford Levinson

Book Overview

An increasing number of constitutional theorists, within both the legal academy and university departments of government, are focusing on the conceptual and political problems attached to the notion of constitutional amendment. Amendments are, among other things, recognitions of the imperfection of existing schemes of government. The relative ease or difficulty of amendment has significant implications for the ways that governments respond to problems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691025703
• ISBN13: 9780691025704
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"