Constitutional Morality and the Rise of Quasi-Law / / Bruce P. Frohnen, George W. Carey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Frohnen, Bruce P.,; Carey, George W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: A Conflict of Expectations --; 1. The Rule of Law --; 2. Constitutions: Ends, Means, and the Structure of Government --; 3. The Framers’ Constitution --; 4. Progressives and Administrative Governance --; 5. Progressive Reformers and the Framers’ Constitution --; 6. The New Dispensation and the Rise of Quasi-Law --; Conclusion: The Plural Structure of Society and the Limits of Law --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674968905; 9783110638585
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674968905
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bruce P. Frohnen, George W. Carey.

Americans are ruled by an unwritten constitution consisting of executive orders, signing statements, and other quasi-laws designed to reform society, Bruce Frohnen and George Carey argue. Consequently, the Constitution no longer means what it says to the people it is supposed to govern and the government no longer acts according to the rule of law.