Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. I. The Syntactic Approach and the Primacy of Form 9
6. II. The Law of Rules 26
7. III. The Framers' Political Syntax 48
8. IV. The Legal Humour in America 66
9. V. Taney and Constitutional Bricolage 85
10. VI. Helping the Fittest Survive 101
11. VII. The Liberation of the State 122
12. VIII. Toward a New Political Syntax: Beyond Bricolage 140
13. Index 157