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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Amar, Akhil Reed
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, [2012]
Subjects:	Constitutional history > United States. Constitutional law > Social aspects > United States.

Table of 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 "warrented" 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.