From a preeminent constitutional scholar, a highly engaging and thought-provoking (Wall Street Journal) exploration of the unwritten rules that inform the American Constitution

Despite its venerated place atop American law and politics, our written Constitution does not enumerate all of the rules and rights, principles and procedures that actually govern modern America. As esteemed legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar explains, the solution to many constitutional puzzleslike the separation of powers or the rule of lawlies not only within the written document, but in the vast trove of values, precedents, and practices that complement and complete the terse text. In Americas Unwritten Constitution, Amar takes readers on a tour of our nations unwritten Constitution, showing how Americas foundational document cannot be understood in textual isolation. An authoritative work by one of Americas preeminent legal scholars, Americas Unwritten Constitution presents a bold new vision of the American constitutional system, showing how the complementary relationship between the Constitutions written and unwritten components is one of Americas greatest and most enduring strengths.