Constitutional Revolutions. Pragmatism and the Role of Judicial Review
2000
by Lipkin, Robert Justin
2000. Lipkin, Robert Justin. Constitutional Revolutions. Pragmatism and the Role of Judicial Review in American Constitutionalism. Durham: Duke University Press, 2000. xv, 366 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. New. $49.95. * Lipkin revises modern constitutional jurisprudence, challenging the traditional view that constitutional change is solely an extension or transformation of prior law. He argues instead for the idea of "constitutional revolutions" - landmark decisions that are revolutionary because they are not generated from legal precedent and because they occur when the Constitution fails to provide procedures to accommodate a necessary revision. (Inventory #: 29114)