The Primacy of Labor in American Constitutional Development

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3247637
AutoresKaren Orren (University of California, Los Angeles, autor correspondente)
Ano1995
Volume89
Fascículo2
Páginas377-388
Data de publicação1995-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2082431
OpenAlexW2335050464
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas32

As demonstrated in landmark decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, American constitutional development has been fueled since the framing by disputes arising from changing labor relations in both private and public settings. This pattern is explained by the original provisions of the Constitution, the English background of its emergence, and the primacy of labor as a theoretical concept for studying political change. The Court's decisions protecting property express the status quo, the establishment against which transformations proceed. However, the property cases may also be reinterpreted along the lines indicated

Constitution · Framing (construction · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Property rights · Sociology · Status quo · Supreme court · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms