1. The Uncertainty of Written Constitutionalism

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Reimagining the Creation of the American Constitution 1
4. 1. The Uncertainty of Written Constitutionalism 20
5. 2. Language and Power 75
6. 3. The Unfinished Constitution 125
7. 4. The Sacred Text 164
8. 5. The Rules of the Constitution 202
9. 6. The “People’s” Constitution 248
10. 7. The Apotheosis of the Fixed Constitution 287
11. Epilogue: The Endurance of Fixity 325
12. Notes 337
13. Acknowledgments 435
14. Index 441