TY - BOOK AU - Tushnet,Mark TI - Constitutional systems of the world: the constitution of the United States of America SN - 9781841137384 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford : PB - Hart, KW - Constitutional law KW - United States N1 - Table of Cases Table of Legislation and Patents Act 199 Introduction 1 AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE US --CONSTITUTION -- stored in a retin or permission of He From the Revolution to the Bill of Rights The Early National Period The Crisis over Slavery -- and the Civil War with the which may not be e address below -- The Late Nineteenth Century and the Growth of the Modern State -- The New Deal Crisis and the New Constitutional Regime From the Reagan Revolution to the Present 2JW 0 Conclusion 2 THE-- CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICS OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Congress: Its Basic Structure and Roles The American Party -- System Political Parties and the Written Constitution Legislative Districting and Gerrymandering Candidate Selection and -- Gerrymandering Conduct of Elections Campaign Financing Constitutional Politics within Congress Conclusion VОЙАН 3 THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH The President as Party Leader The President's Role in Legislation --The Unitary Executive and the Modern Administrative State The Unitary Executive in Foreign Affairs Conclusion -- 4 THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICS OF THE JUDICIAL BRANCH Judicial Selection Judicial Review and Judicial Supremacy-- Political Constraints on the Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts Doctrinal Constraints on the Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts --Standing Conclusion 5 FEDERALISM AND THE REACH OF NATIONAL POWER State Governments and the US Constitution The-- Emergence of Plenary National Power The So-Called Federalism Revolution' of the 1990s Federalism and the Spending Power --Conclusion 6 INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION The Starting Point Pragmatic and Realist Critiques The New --Deal Reconstruction The Emergence of Modern Liberalism: Autonomy and Accommodation Lawyers and Rights Litigation: The --Development of Support Structures Political Parties and Social Movements Constitutional Rights at Century's End 7 THE --PROCESSES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE Formal Amendments Substance Constitutional Interpretation as a Mechanism of --Constitutional Change Interpretive Methods: an Introduction Conclusion -- Constitutional Moments and Constitutional Change Constitutional Moments Concluding Thoughts ER -