On Reading the Constitution

Download or read book On Reading the Constitution written by Laurence H. Tribe and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Draws heavily on two previous works. The first ... 'On reading the Constitution, ' appeared in the Utah law review in 1988. It was a lightly edited version of the Tanner Lectures given by Laurence Tribe at the University of Utah in November 1986, and forms the basis for what became Chapters 1 and 2 of this book. Chapters 3 through 5 are based on 'Levels of generality in the definition of rights, ' a recent collaboration by the two of us, which first appeared in the fall 1990 edition of the Chicago law review"--Acknowledgments, page [vii]