Peopling the Constitution / John E. Finn.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Constitutional thinking.
Main Author: Finn, John E. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
Series:Constitutional thinking.
Subjects:
Constitutional law > United States.
Physical Description:xv, 350 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Civic Aspirations as Constitutional Commitments
  • Civic and Constitutional
  • Is the Civic Constitution a Justice-Seeking Constitution?
  • Is the Civic Constitution a Deliberate Constitution?
  • Constitutional Maintenance and Civic Work
  • Civic Space
  • Civility
  • Criticism of Civility
  • Incivility
  • Tending
  • The Essasy
  • Essay One: Constituting
  • Essay Two: Maintaining
  • Essay Three: Failing
  • Conclusion
  • ESSAY ONE: CONSTITUTING
  • Constituting and the Civic Constitution
  • The Civic Constitution and the Text
  • Writing the Civic Text
  • Reading the Civic Text
  • One Constitution, Many Texts
  • Constitutions as Civic Practices
  • The Civic Constitution and Institutions
  • Separation of Powers
  • Federalism
  • Other Design Decisions
  • Constitutional Review and the Civic Constitution
  • The Civic Constitution and Citizens
  • Constituting Citizens
  • How to Create Civic Citizens
  • Civic Skills and Competencies
  • The Civic Constitution and Culture: Configuring a Civic Culture
  • Conclusion
  • ESSAY TWO: MAINTAINING
  • What: Maintaining a Constitutional Way of Life
  • Who: Assigning Responsibility for Maintaining the Constitution
  • Civic Virtue and Civil Society
  • Citizenship and Civic Education
  • The Civic Constitution and Civic Knowledge
  • Formal Pedgogy
  • Civic Curricula
  • Political Participation
  • Associational Life
  • How to Maintain the Civic Constitution
  • Separations of Power: Horizontal and Vertical
  • Constitutional Interpretation as Constitutional Maintenance
  • The Juridic Constitution and Constitutional Interpretation
  • The Civic Constitution and Constitutional Interpretation
  • Allocations of Interpretive Authority
  • How to Interpret?
  • Constitutional Change and Constitutional Amendments
  • Time and Identity
  • Civic Not Democratic
  • Article 5 Amendments
  • Extra-Article 5 Amendments
  • Conclusion
  • ESSAY THREE: FAILING
  • Not a Grand Unified Theory of Constitutional Failure
  • The Chronology of Failure
  • Founding Failures
  • Maintenance Failures
  • Constitutional Failure and the Juridic Constitution
  • Civic Success
  • Civic Failure
  • Failures of Fidelity
  • Failures of Civility
  • Constitutional Rot as a Variety of Constitutional Failure
  • Recognizing Rot: Constitutional Change after 9/11
  • Implications for Constitutional Governance
  • Torture
  • The Preclusive Presidency and the Separation of Power
  • The Preclusive Presidency
  • The Security Regime and Civic Deliberation
  • Urgency and Deliberation
  • Secrecy and Deliberation
  • From Exceptional to Ordinary, Temporary to Permanent
  • Civic Deliberation and Judicial Review of the Antiterrorism Regime
  • Assessing Rot
  • Conclusion
  • CONCLUSION.