Philosophical Dimensions Of The Constitution

Diana Tietjens Meyers is professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. She is the author of Subjection and Subjectivity: Psychoanalytic Feminism and Moral Philosophy; Inalienable Rights: A Defense; and Self, Society, and Personal Choice. She is the editor of Feminist Ethics and Social Theory: A Sourcebook and coeditor of numerous books, including Women and Moral Theory.

• Preface -- Introduction: The Philosophical Foundations of the U.S. Constitution -- The Ideals of the Framers -- Introduction to Part One -- Virtue, the Public Good, and Publius -- The Purposes of the Constitution -- Democracy and the Constitution -- Introduction to Part Two -- Constitutional Revision -- Constitutional Limits on Majoritarian Democracy -- Interpreting the Constitution -- Introduction to Part Three -- Between Clause-bound Literalism and Value Imposition: A Positivist Noninterpretivist Theory of Judicial Review -- Toward a Public Values Philosophy of the Constitution -- Constitutional Integrity and Compromise -- Current Issues in Constitutional Law -- Introduction to Part Four -- Access, Enablement, and the First Amendment -- Respect for Individuals Versus Respect for Groups: Public Aid for Confessional Schools in the United States and Canada -- The Right to Privacy and Personal Autonomy -- Procedural Due Process -- The Exclusionary Rule as Constitutional Renewal: U.S. Integrity and Canadian Repute