TY - BOOK ID - 6195886 TI - The Constitution of the United States of America : a contextual analysis PY - 2015 SN - 9781849466042 1849466041 PB - Oxford Hart DB - UniCat KW - Constitutional law KW - United States. KW - BPB1508 KW - Constitution KW - États-Unis KW - Grondwet KW - Verenigde Staten KW - die Vereinigte Staaten KW - Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá KW - Združene države KW - United States KW - Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες KW - l-Istati Uniti KW - Ameerika Ühendriigid KW - Stati Uniti KW - Shtetet e Bashkuara KW - Estados Unidos KW - Stany Zjednoczone KW - Spojené státy KW - Egyesült Államok KW - Statele Unite KW - Amerikas Savienotās Valstis KW - Förenta staterna KW - Сједињене Америчке Државе KW - Jungtinės Valstijos KW - Yhdysvallat KW - Съединени щати KW - Sjedinjene Američke Države KW - Spojené štáty KW - Соединети Американски Држави KW - Amerikas Forenede Stater KW - САД KW - VS KW - USA KW - EE.UU. KW - JAV KW - Amerikas förenta stater KW - l-Istati Uniti tal-Amerika KW - los Estados Unidos de América KW - ΗΠΑ KW - Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës KW - SAD KW - Verenigde Staten van Amerika KW - Соединетите Држави KW - Amerikai Egyesült Államok KW - Stati Uniti d'America KW - Statele Unite ale Americii KW - Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής KW - SHBA KW - United States of America KW - Ühendriigid KW - Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής KW - EUA KW - ASV KW - États-Unis d'Amérique KW - Združene države Amerike KW - Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki KW - САЩ KW - Съединени американски щати KW - SUA KW - Yhdysvallat, USA KW - Spojené státy americké KW - U.S.A. KW - Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos KW - Sjedinjene Države KW - Estados Unidos da América KW - De Forenede Stater KW - Spojené státy severoamerické KW - Amerikan yhdysvallat KW - Spojené štáty americké KW - die Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika KW - US KW - costituzione KW - forfatning KW - конституция KW - ústava KW - grondwet KW - författning KW - Σύνταγμα KW - põhiseadus KW - Constitución KW - konstitucija KW - alkotmány KW - ustava KW - ustav KW - Constituição KW - perustuslaki KW - konstitūcija KW - constitution KW - устав KW - constituție KW - kushtetutë KW - konstytucja KW - kostituzzjoni KW - Verfassung KW - costituzione flessibile KW - ústavní zákon KW - alkotmánytörvény KW - costituzione rigida KW - konstitucionalismus KW - loi constitutionnelle KW - lei constitucional KW - carta costituzionale KW - alkotmányerejű törvény KW - constitutionele wet KW - Satversme KW - ley constitucional KW - grundlag KW - alaptörvény KW - konstitucionālās prasības KW - ústavní systém KW - forfatningslov KW - врховен закон KW - θεμελιώδης νόμος KW - ley constitutiva KW - legge costituzionale KW - Verfassungsgesetz KW - Public law. Constitutional law KW - Na Stáit Aontaithe KW - bunreacht KW - Constitutional law - United States KW - États-Unis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6195886 AB - [1st ed.] This book provides a critical introduction to the history and current meaning of the United States' Constitution. It is organised around two themes: Firstly, the US Constitution is old, short, and difficult to amend. These characteristics have made constitutional 'interpretation', especially by the US Supreme Court, the primary mechanism for adapting the Constitution to ever-changing reality. Secondly, the Constitution creates a structure of political opportunities that allows political actors, including political parties, to pursue the preferred policy goals even to the point of altering the very structure of politics. Politics, that is, often gives meaning to the Constitution. Deploying these themes to examine the structure of the national government, federalism, judicial review, and individual rights, the book provides basic information about, and deeper insights into, the way the US constitutional system has developed and what it means today. ER -