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Author Amar, Akhil Reed.

Title America's unwritten constitution : the precedents and principles we live by / Akhil Reed Amar.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2012]
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  342.73 AMAR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  342.7302 AMAR    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  342.7302 AMA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  342.7302 AM13    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  342.7302 AMAR    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  342.7302 AMA    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  342.029 AMAR    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 615 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-598) and index.
Contents Reading between the lines : America's implicit constitution -- Heeding the deed : America's enacted constitution -- Hearing the people : America's lived constitution -- Confronting modern case law : America's "warranted" constitution -- Putting precedent in its place : America's doctrinal constitution -- Honoring the icons : America's symbolic constitution -- "Remembering the ladies" : America's feminist constitution -- Following Washington's lead : America's "Georgian" constitution -- Interpreting government practices : America's institutional constitution -- Joining the party : America's partisan constitution -- Doing the right thing : America's conscientious constitution -- Envisioning the future: America's unfinished constitution.
Subject Constitutional history -- United States.
Constitutional law -- Social aspects -- United States.
United States. Constitution.
ISBN 9780465029570 hardback $29.99
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