TY - BOOK AU - Gerhardt,Michael J. AU - Griffin,Stephen M. AU - Rowe,Thomas D. TI - Constitutional theory: arguments and perspectives SN - 0820570419 AV - KF 4550 .G467 2007 U1 - 342.73 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Newark, NJ PB - LexisNexis Matthew Bender KW - Constitutional law KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; A brief historical overview of the development of American constitutional theory -- Theories of constitutional change -- Judicial activism and restraint : the contemporary debate -- Theories of judicial review and the debate over judicial supremacy -- Textualism and constitutional interpretation -- Originalism and constitutional interpretation -- Structural reasoning -- Moral reasoning -- Precedent in constitutional adjudication -- Liberal constitutional theory -- Conservative constitutional theory -- Feminist legal theory -- Critical race theory -- Interpretation theory and postmodernism -- Theory and its discontents UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007025135.html ER -