Essentials Of The American Constitution: The Supreme Court and the Fundamental Law (Essentials of Political Science) - Softcover

Wasby, Stephen L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813368553 ISBN 13: 9780813368559

Publisher: Westview Press, 2001

Synopsis

Constitutional politics is the continued search for equilibrium between grants of power and the limits placed on that power. Essentials of the American Constitution examines five closely integrated components which make up the fundamental law: the Compact, Separation of Powers, Federalism, Representation, and the Bill of Rights. It is the interaction among these components that give the constitution its dynamism, and landmark decisions handed down by the Supreme Court involve two or more of them.This book's unique approach shows how the components often work together, assisting, explaining, or reinforcing one another. Providing an overview of the fundamental principles of the American Constitution, the author gives a firm foundation for students interested in American Government and Politics, Constitutional Law or Civil Liberties.

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Synopsis:

Examines the five closely integrated components that make up the Constitutions fundamental law to show how the components more often than not work together, assisting, explaining and reinforcing one another. Constitutional politics is the continued search for equilibrium between grants of power and the limits placed on that power. examines five closely integrated components which make up the fundamental law: the Compact, Separation of Powers, Federalism, Representation, and the Bill of Rights. It is the interaction among these components that give the constitution its dynamism, and landmark decisions handed down by the Supreme Court involve two or more of them.This books unique approach shows how the components often work together, assisting, explaining, or reinforcing one another. Providing an overview of the fundamental principles of the American Constitution, the author gives a firm foundation for students interested in American Government and Politics, Constitutional Law or Civil Liberties.

About the Author:

Stephen L. Wasby is professor emeritus of political science at the State University of New York, Albany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westview Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0813368553
• ISBN 13: 9780813368559
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212