In Defense of the Text: Democracy and Constitutional Theory - Tapa dura

...consistently engaging. * The Journal of Politics * ...groundbreaking constitutional scholarship. Professor Goldstein combines the insight of the historian with the sophistication of a political theorist to present a splendid vindication of the American constitutional tradition. -- Jefferson Powell, Duke Law School ...she presents her theory in clear and vigorous prose that makes the book a pleasure to read. ^RIn Defense of the Text^I is quite simply the best single-volume introduction to the constitutional theory field now available. * Law and Politics * ...a splendidly innovative, exceptionally lucid, analysis and evaluation of the obligations of our written yet elastic Constitution, penned by one of our brightest, most sophisticated scholars, who approaches the gravamen of the judicial role with enviable comprehension and no nonsense. -- Henry J. Abraham, University of Virginia Goldstein's chapters have a straightforward foundation and give each subject a twist...Goldstein knows her subject. She writes...with insight...explains subtleties...with...care... * Journal of American History * ...a * Must Read *

Provides a useful, fair-minded and comprehensive guide to the various theories of constitutional interpretation that are contending for the adherence of contemporary jurists.