Perfecting the Constitution : the case for the Article V amendment process / Darren Patrick Guerra
- Author
- Guerra, Darren Patrick
- Published
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 239 pages)
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- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Creation of Article V -- Perfecting the Constitution -- Constitutional Revolution -- An Ultimate Remedy : Creating and Ratifying Article V -- The Founders' Article V Consensus -- Criticism of Article V -- The Progressive Challenge to Article V -- The Critics : Article V is Too Difficult -- The Critics : Article V is Undemocratic -- The Critics : Article V is Too Formal -- Conclusion : The Case for Article V.
- Summary
- This book provides a brief intellectual and constitutional history of the Article V amending process from the Imperial Crisis until the present and shows Article V to be a vital part of the Constitutional architecture. Furthermore, it defends Article V from critics who claim it is too difficult, undemocratic, and too formal; and it makes the case for Article V as the sole legitimate form of Constitutional amendment.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780739183861 (ebook)
0739183869
9780739183861 (electronic)
9780739168387 (cloth ; alk. paper)
073916838X
1498515444
9781498515443 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239).
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