On Reading the Constitution / / Laurence H. Tribe, Michael C. Dorf.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Tribe, Laurence H.,; Dorf, Michael C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (164 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1 How Not to Read the Constitution --; 2 Structuring Constitutional Conversations --; 3 Judicial Value Choice in the Definition of Rights --; 4 Seeking Guidance from Other Disciplines: Law, Literature, and Mathematics --; 5 Reconstructing the Constitution as a Reader's Guide --; Notes --; Index of Cases --; General Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674044456; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674044456?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Laurence H. Tribe, Michael C. Dorf.

Our Constitution speaks in general terms of "liberty" and "property," of the "privileges and immunities" of citizens, and of the "equal protection of the laws"-open-ended phrases that seem to invite readers to reflect in them their own visions and agendas. Yet, recognizing that the Constitution cannot be merely what its interpreters wish it to be, this volume's authors draw on literary and mathematical analogies to explore how the fundamental charter of American government should be construed today.