Contemporary Questions Surrounding the Constitutional Amending Process Contributor(s): Vile, John R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275945413 ISBN-13: 9780275945411 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1993 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Civil Procedure - Law | Constitutional - Political Science | American Government - National |
Dewey: 347.302 |
LCCN: 92-41606 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.00 lbs) 200 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This study examines contemporary questions surrounding the process by which the U.S. Constitution can be amended. Beginning with a description of the mechanism and history of the constitutional amending process in America, the work considers five major questions surrounding the amending process. The question of justiciability: whether the courts should have authority to settle amending issues or whether they are political questions beyond the court's purview. The question of standards: what standards of review should be used. The question of safety: the safety of invoking the constitutional convention mechanism. The question of exclusivity: whether there are legal means of changing the Constitution short of Article V. And the question of limitations: whether there are any unstated constitutional limits on the amending process. |