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! Read # Constitutional Stupidities, Constitutional Tragedies by Brand: NYU Press ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Constitutional Stupidities, Constitutional Tragedies The Constitution is the cornerstone of American government, hailed as one of the greatest contributions of the Western Enlightenment. While many seem content simply to celebrate it, those most familiar with the document invariably find it wanting in at least some aspects.This unique volume brings together many of the country's most esteemed constitutional commentators and invites them to answer two questions: First, what is the stupidest provision of the Constitution? "Stupid" need not mean evil
| Title | : | Constitutional Stupidities, Constitutional Tragedies |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.97 (886 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814751326 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-25 |
| Language | : | English |
Donald E. Hall's commitment to challenging established ideas about sexuality and gender--both in the way we read Victorian literature and understand our own culture--makes for a sharply intelligent book."-Deirdre David, author of "Rule Britannia: Women, Empire, and Victorian Writing" . "Superbly integrates sophisticated theories of gender with incisive readings of Victorian novels
At times funny, but always thought-provoking Although this is a collection of essays that all constitutional scholars will want to have on their shelves, it is also something that non-lawyers who are interested in the U.S. Constitution will be interested in.The impetus for this work was a symposium in "Constitutional Commentary," which is a faculty-run law review based at the Univ. of Minn. law school. In 1995, the law review published responses from leading constitutional scholars about what they thought was the stupidest provision in the Constitution. Most of those resp
The Constitution is the cornerstone of American government, hailed as one of the greatest contributions of the Western Enlightenment. While many seem content simply to celebrate it, those most familiar with the document invariably find it wanting in at least some aspects.This unique volume brings together many of the country's most esteemed constitutional commentators and invites them to answer two questions: First, what is the stupidest provision of the Constitution? "Stupid" need not mean evil. Thus, a second, related question is whether the scholar-interpreter would be forced to reach truly evil results even if applying his or her own favored theory of constitutional interpretation.The contributors include Lawrence Alexander, Akhil Reed Amar, Jack Balkin, Philip Bobbitt, Gerard Bradley, Rebecca Brown, Steven Calabresi, Lief Carter, Christopher Eisgruber, Lawrence Sager, Marie Failinger, Daniel Farber, James Fleming, Mark Graber, Stephen Griffin, Gary Jacobsohn, Randall Kennedy, Lewis LaRue, Theodore Lowi, Earl Maltz, Michael McConnell, Matthew Michael, Robert Nagel, Daniel Ortiz, Pamela Karlen, Michael Paulsen, Robert Post, Lucas Powe, Dorothy Roberts, Jeffrey Rosen, Frederick Schauer, Michael Seidman, Suzanna Sherry, David Strauss, Laurence Tribe, Mark
St. Eskridge, Jr., is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and the author, most recently, of The Case for Same-Sex Marriage: From Sexual Liberty to Civilized Commitment.Sanford Levinson is W. William N. St. Regents Chair in Law and Professor of Government at the U
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