Unintended Consequences of Constitutional Amendment - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820352691 ISBN 13: 9780820352695

Verlag: UNIV OF GEORGIA PR, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

<p>Constitutional amendments, like all laws, may lead to unanticipated and even undesired outcomes. In this collection of original essays, a team of distinguished historians, political scientists, and legal scholars led by award-winning constitutional historian David E. Kyvig examines significant instances in which reform produced something other than the foreseen result. An opening essay examines the intentions of the Constitution&;s framers in creating an amending mechanism and then explores unexpected uses of that instrument. Thereafter, authors focus on the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments, addressing such subjects as criminal justice procedures, the presidential election system, the Civil War&;s impact on race and gender relations, the experiment in national prohibition, women&;s suffrage, and, finally, limits on the presidency.<br><br>Together these contributions illuminate aspects of constitutional stability and evolution, challenging current thinking about reform within the formal system of change provided by Article V of the Constitution. Forcefully demonstrating that constitutional law is not immune to unanticipated consequences, the eight scholars underscore the need for care, responsibility, and historical awareness in altering the nation&;s fundamental law.</p>

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DAVID E. KYVIG is a professor of history at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of <i>Repealing National Prohibition</i> and <i>Explicit and Authentic Acts: Amending the U.S. Constitution, 1776-1995</i>, which received the 1997 Bancroft and Henry Adams Prizes.

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• Verlag: UNIV OF GEORGIA PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0820352691
• ISBN 13: 9780820352695
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
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