Unwritten Constitution

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• Principles and interpretations going beyond the literal text of the written Constitution while remaining faithful to its overarching project.

  0:21Reading Between the Lines, Part 1Akhil Reed Amar · Yale University
• The body of precedents, principles, customs, and practices that supplement the written constitutional text.

  10:22Course Introduction: Reading America's Written ConstitutionAkhil Reed Amar · Yale University
• Principles and rules that are part of the Constitution's meaning beyond its strictly literal words read in isolation.

  0:25Remembering the Ladies, Part 2Akhil Reed Amar · Yale University
• A series of customs, traditions, practices, and institutions that have evolved over centuries to define a system of government without being codified in a single written text.

  0:43Interpreting Government Practices, Part 1Akhil Reed Amar · Yale University
• Interpreting the Constitution by focusing on how the people enacted, ordained, and later amended it rather than just parsing the literal words.

  0:10Heeding the Deed, Part 2Akhil Reed Amar · Yale University