The first fully articulated presentation of the Constitution as a communally interpreted document in which the Supreme Court plays an important, but not predominant, role, The Constitution in Conflict has dramatic implications for both the theory and thepractice of constitutional law. It is, according to G. Edward White of the University of Virginia Law School, "especially well written, sophisticated yet accessible, fresh and interesting." Sanford Levinson of the University of Texas Law School calls thebook "absolutely first rate."