American Constitutionalism and Democratic Virtue美国的宪政与民主的美德.pdfVIP

Ratio Juris. Vol. 15 No. 3 September 2002 (219–41) American Constitutionalism and Democratic Virtue JOHN R. WALLACH Abstract. Neither the historical tradition of American constitutionalism nor those who have theorized about it have promoted political or theoretical designs hospitable to the valorization or promotion of democratic virtue. This article illustrates this point by canvassing practical interpretations of the American constitution, from the docu- ment of 1787–1791 to Bush v. Gore, and theoretical interpretations from Madison to Rawls, Dworkin, Ackerman, Elster, Holm