Diana T Meyers, Kenneth Kipnis, Steve Griffin

Philosophical Dimensions Of The Constitution (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In theclosing decades of the eighteenth century, the newly independent colonies along the mid-Atlantic coast of North America commenced an unprecedented public debate concerning the principles of civil government. The debate culminated in 1787 with the Philadelphia convention where the United States Constitution was drafted and adopted. After rati

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000302479
• Artikelnr.: 58397851

Autorenporträt

Diana Tietjens Meyers is professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. She is the author of Subjection and Subjectivity: Psychoanalytic Feminism and Moral Philosophy; Inalienable Rights: A Defense; and Self, Society, and Personal Choice. She is the editor of Feminist Ethics and Social Theory: A Sourcebook and coeditor of numerous books, including Women and Moral Theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: The Philosophical Foundations of the U.S. Constitution
The Ideals of the Framers
Introduction to Part One
Virtue, the Public Good, and Publius
The Purposes of the Constitution
Democracy and the Constitution
Introduction to Part Two
Constitutional Revision
Constitutional Limits on Majoritarian Democracy
Interpreting the Constitution
Introduction to Part Three
Between Clause
bound Literalism and Value Imposition: A Positivist Noninterpretivist Theory of Judicial Review
Toward a Public Values Philosophy of the Constitution
Constitutional Integrity and Compromise
Current Issues in Constitutional Law
Introduction to Part Four
Access, Enablement, and the First Amendment
Respect for Individuals Versus Respect for Groups: Public Aid for Confessional Schools in the United States and Canada
The Right to Privacy and Personal Autonomy
Procedural Due Process
The Exclusionary Rule as Constitutional Renewal: U.S. Integrity and Canadian Repute