On Reading the Constitution

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

Our Constitution speaks in general terms of “liberty” and “property,” of the “privileges and immunities” of citizens, and of the “equal protection of the laws”—open-ended phrases that seem to invite readers to reflect in them their own visions and agendas. Yet, recognizing that the Constitution cannot be merely what its interpreters wish it to be, this volume’s authors draw on literary and mathematical analogies to explore how the fundamental charter of American government should be construed today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-01-01
Mått:156 x 235 x 13 mm
Vikt:245 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:164
Förlag:Harvard University Press
ISBN:9780674636262

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Historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Laurence H. Tribe is Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard Law School. Michael C. Dorf is Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell Law School.

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A lively and important contribution to the continuing dialogue on constitutional interpretation… [The book] serves to remind us of the trouble we make for ourselves when we assume that we can predict the conclusions of the original intentionalist, that liberals are always activists and conservatives never, or that the protections of liberty afforded by a living Constitution have all come from only one ideological camp.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1. How Not to Read the Constitution 2. Structuring Constitutional Conversations 3. Judicial Value Choice in the Definition of Rights 4. Seeking Guidance from other Disciplines: Law, Literature, and Mathematics 5. Reconstructing the Constitution as a Reader's Guide Notes Index of Cases General Index