Responding to Imperfection: The Theory and Practice of Constitutional AmendmentSanford Levinson Princeton University Press, 1995 M01 24 - 344 páginas An increasing number of constitutional theorists, within both the legal academy and university departments of government, are focusing on the conceptual and political problems attached to the notion of constitutional amendment. Amendments are, among other things, recognitions of the imperfection of existing schemes of government. The relative ease or difficulty of amendment has significant implications for the ways that governments respond to problems that call either for new structures of governance or new powers for already established structures. This book brings together essays by leading legal authorities and political scientists on a range of questions from whether the U.S. Constitution is subject to amendment by procedures other than those authorized by Article V to how significant change is conceptualized within classical rabbinic Judaism. Though the essays are concerned for the most part with the American experience, other constitutional traditions are considered as well. |
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... majority vote of states or majority vote of delegates, to name only one issue)? All of these questions are of vital importance and have spawned a significant scholarly literature.9 It is important to state at the outset, though, that ...
... majority can amend the Constitution through a national referendum. David Dow, on the other hand, just as vigorously contests the kinds of arguments made by Ackerman and Amar and makes the case for the exclusivity of Article V. Frederick ...
... majority's position “makes no sense”15—or as something presumably far more serious, challenging either the professional competence or moral integrity of those who reject one's own. 12 John Tagliabue, “A Threat to Kohl,” New York Times ...
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