LEADER 03093nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910826361703321 005 20240416153249.0 010 $a0-674-05939-5 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674059399 035 $a(CKB)2670000000081193 035 $a(OCoLC)709591739 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10456066 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000467950 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12169078 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467950 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10498108 035 $a(PQKB)11218209 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300899 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300899 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10456066 035 $a(DE-B1597)585478 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674059399 035 $a(OCoLC)1301547091 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000081193 100 $a20100319d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConstitutional identity /$fGary Jeffrey Jacobsohn 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (389 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-04766-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aIn 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? 606 $aConstitutional law$xPhilosophy 606 $aLaw$xForeign influences 615 0$aConstitutional law$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLaw$xForeign influences. 676 $a342.02 700 $aJacobsohn$b Gary J.$f1946-$01600467 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826361703321 996 $aConstitutional identity$94069285 997 $aUNINA