03093nam 2200589 a 450 991082636170332120240416153249.00-674-05939-510.4159/9780674059399(CKB)2670000000081193(OCoLC)709591739(CaPaEBR)ebrary10456066(SSID)ssj0000467950(PQKBManifestationID)12169078(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467950(PQKBWorkID)10498108(PQKB)11218209(MiAaPQ)EBC3300899(Au-PeEL)EBL3300899(CaPaEBR)ebr10456066(DE-B1597)585478(DE-B1597)9780674059399(OCoLC)1301547091(EXLCZ)99267000000008119320100319d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrConstitutional identity /Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20101 online resource (389 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-04766-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The conundrum of the unconstitutional constitution -- The quest for a compelling unity -- The permeability of constitutional borders -- The sounds of silence : militant and acquiescent constitutionalism -- "The first page of the constitution" : family, state, and identity.In Constitutional Identity, Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn argues that a constitution acquires an identity through experience—from a mix of the political aspirations and commitments that express a nation’s past and the desire to transcend that past. It is changeable but resistant to its own destruction, and manifests itself in various ways, as Jacobsohn shows in examples as far flung as India, Ireland, Israel, and the United States. Jacobsohn argues that the presence of disharmony—both the tensions within a constitutional order and those that exist between a constitutional document and the society it seeks to regulate—is critical to understanding the theory and dynamics of constitutional identity. He explores constitutional identity’s great practical importance for some of constitutionalism’s most vexing questions: Is an unconstitutional constitution possible? Is the judicial practice of using foreign sources to resolve domestic legal disputes a threat to vital constitutional interests? How are the competing demands of transformation and preservation in constitutional evolution to be balanced?Constitutional lawPhilosophyLawForeign influencesConstitutional lawPhilosophy.LawForeign influences.342.02Jacobsohn Gary J.1946-1600467MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826361703321Constitutional identity4069285UNINA