American constitutionalism: from theory to politics

1: American constitutionalism

The idea of American constitutionalism

The sovereignty of the people

The problem of constitutional change

2: The constitution and political institutions

Madison and the problem of faction

The Constitution and the concept of the state

The Constitution and American political development

3: Judicial review and American democracy

The establishment of Judicial independence

Judicial review and democracy in the modern state

The contemporary debate and the role of the Supreme Court

4: Problems of constitutional adjudication

The Supreme Court and American constitutionalism

The process of Judicial decisionmaking

5: Theories of constitutional interpretation

A pluralist theory of American constitutional interpretation

The contemporary theoretical debate

Democracy and theories of interpretation

The problem of history in constitutional interpretation

Interpreting the fourteenth amendment

Republicanism and constitutional philosophy

6: Constitutional crisis and reform

Constitutional crisis

Constitutional reform

The future of American constitutionalism.