Officers' Rights

Toward a Unified Field Theory of American Constitutional Development

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4964792
AutoresKaren Orren (autor de correspondencia)
Año2000
Volumen34
Número4
Páginas873-909
Fecha de publicación2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLaw & Society Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3115127
OpenAlexW3125210094
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas25

The changing rights of legally designated officers provides a comprehensive framework for following American constitutional development over time, in both public and private settings. Rights are defined as judicially enforceable claims on the person or actions of another; development, as enduring change in constitutional provision, structure, and doctrine. It is proposed that constitutional development as a historical process has consisted of a shift in the balance between the rights of officers and the rights of citizens. The framework is demonstrated empirically in connection with the Bill of Rights, federalism, and the separation of powers. Officers' rights is recommended as a method for studying constitutions comparatively and for linking constitutional development to other political events and phenomena like social movements and parties

Balance (ability · Bill of rights · Constitution · Constitutional law · Constitutional right · Doctrine · Federalism · Fundamental rights · Human rights · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Public rights · Separation of powers · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Psychology