{"product_id":"the-unwritten-constitution-9780197555972","title":"The (Un)Written Constitution","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIlluminates the unwritten ideas that underlie our deepest debates about the written Constitution. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe late Justice Scalia relished pointing to departures from the written text of the Constitution as a departure from Constitutional law itself, but in fact his own jurisprudence relied on unwritten ideas. Given that Scalia's textualist approach to constitutional interpretation has become even\u003cbr\u003emore prominent in recent years with the elevation of Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett--all jurists in the mold of Scalia--to the Supreme Court, it is crucial that the public understands that these textualists all rely on unwritten ideas when they interpret the Constitution. Indeed, our most\u003cbr\u003eintense debates about America's written Constitution are not about constitutional text, but about the unwritten ideas and understandings that guide our reading of the text. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe (Un)Written Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e, George Thomas makes these ideas visible by turning to the practices of Supreme Court justices and political actors in interpreting the Constitution over more than two centuries. From founding debates about freedom of speech and religion to contemporary arguments\u003cbr\u003eabout judicial review, the separation of powers, same--sex marriage, and partisan gerrymandering, he highlights the too--often unacknowledged ideas that animate our debates about the written Constitution. Contrary to the self-identified textualists, Thomas argues, these recurrent debates are not\u003cbr\u003eabout whether to follow the text. Rather, they are disputes about what fidelity to the text requires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIlluminating how moving beyond the text is an inescapable feature of interpreting the written Constitution, this concise primer on constitutional interpretation forces us to consider the text--and the unstated principles that lie beneath it-in a new light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.88w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197555972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Thomas \u003c\/strong\u003eis Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions and Director of the Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom at Claremont McKenna College. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Madisonian Constitution \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Founders and the Idea of a National University: Constituting the\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-author of the two-volume \u003cem\u003eAmerican Constitutional Law: Essays, Cases, and Comparative Notes\u003c\/em\u003e. He has published numerous scholarly articles on Constitutional Law and American Constitutionalism, and his essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post.\u003c\/em\u003e He has received\u003cbr\u003efellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Huntington Library, and is the recipient of the Alexander George Award from the American Political Science Association.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39822002978931,"sku":"9780197555972","price":30.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9dbd19d4-ed3f-482c-b411-e5295a10b0be.jpg?v=1644519134","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-unwritten-constitution-9780197555972","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}