Constitutional law – three ways to read the American Constitution

Article proposing, with reference to established legal scholarship on the topic, a new way to read the American constitution, combining respect for the historical document with a principled account of its significance. Article by Dr Ian Harris (Lecturer in political theory, University of Leicester) published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.