Living Constitution or Fundamental Law?: American Constitutionalism in Historical Perspective

By Herman Belz

In A Living Constitution or Fundamental Law?, distinguished scholar Herman Belz considers the concept of constitutionalism as the subject matter of constitutional history. Belz argues that the study of constitutionalism should be interdisciplinary, requiring the insights and methods of history, political science, and jurisprudence. Belz illuminates the evolution of American constitutionalism across the span of American history, from the Founding to Reconstruction to the Cold War and the rise of the bureaucratic state in the 1980s.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847686434
• ISBN13: 9780847686438
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"