The New Constitutional Order

Tushnet examines the institutional arrangements that support the newconstitutional order as well as Supreme Court decisions that reflect it. Healso considers re... » 

Tushnet examines the institutional arrangements that support the newconstitutional order as well as Supreme Court decisions that reflect it. Healso considers recent developments in constitutional scholarship focusing onthe idea of minimalism as appropriate to a regime with chastened ambitions.Tushnet discusses what we know so far about the impact of globalization ondomestic constitutional law particularly in the areas of international humanrights and federalism. He concludes with predictions about the type ofregulation we can expect from the new order. This is a major new analysis ofthe constitutional arrangements in the United States. Though it will not bereceived without controversy it offers real explanatory and predictive powerand provides important insights to both legal theorists and politicalscientists. «