Writing a national identity : political, economic, and cultural perspectives on the written Constitution
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Writing a national identity : political, economic, and cultural perspectives on the written Constitution
（The Fulbright papers, v. 11）
Manchester University Press in association with the Fulbright Commission, London , Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1993
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In this work, an interdisciplinary group of scholars reflects on the role of a written constitution in defining America's distinctive national culture and in addressing pressing issues confronting its social and political life. European and Canadian federalism is also taken into account.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: the US constitution and the textuality of American culture, Wayne Franklin
- constitution and imagination - the myth of reason - the reason of myth, Emory Elliott
- constitutional discourse - a commentary, Stephen Fender. Part 2: written constitutions and social rights, David P. Currie
- written constitutions and negative rights - some comments on Professor Currie, Christopher McCrudden
- "The Most Willful Blindness" - the supreme court and social facts, H.N. Hirsch
- spousal equality and the law - a dilemma for liberal society, Mary Lyndon Shanley
- the right to a fair wage - American experience and the European social charter, Vivien Hart
- social rights, social facts, and the written constitution - American reflections, Cheryl B. Welch
- social rights, social facts, and the written constitution - European reflections, Elizabeth Meehan. Part 3: reflections on the economic interpretation of the constitution, Shannon C. Stimson
- the constitution of a monetary authority for Europe, Murray Milgate. Part 4: constitution and national identity in contempory Canada - a historian's view, Ged Martin
- the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms - an instrument for change, Gilles Letourneau and Yves DeMontingny
- constitution-making in Canada - writing a national identity or preparing for national disintegration?, Robert C. Vipond.
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