American Constitutional Interpretation

by Walter F. Murphy, James E. Fleming, Sotirios A. Barber

American Constitutional Interpretation is a study of the American polity, the very enterprise by which a constitution is interpreted and a constitutional government created.

Organized around three basic What is the constitution that is to be interpreted? Who are its authoritative interpreters? How do they go about their interpretive tasks?

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1986

About the author

Walter F. Murphy is a 20th century American political scientist and writer. He won a Distinguished Service Cross for his service as a Marine in Korea, eventually retiring with the rank of colonel. He held the chair of McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton. His professional writing, consisting mostly of non-fiction works on political science, includes the classic Constitutional Democracy; he has also written three popular novels.