With the interest in theories of popular constitutionalism currently driving a vigorous debate, the interpretation of the American Constitution has taken center stage on the intellectual, moral, and political agenda of the United States. In this revised edition of Constitutional Fate, including a new introduction by the author, Philip Bobbitt studies the basis for legitimacy of judicial review by examining six types of constitutional argument--historical, textual, structural, prudential doctrinal, and ethical--through the unusual method of contrasting sketches of prominent legal figures responding to the constitutional crises of their day. Bobbitt posits characteristic types of constitutional argument by which judicial review is carried out.
- ISBN10 0195189574
- ISBN13 9780195189575
- Publish Date 1 September 2006 (first published 1 October 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304
- Language English