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Author: Morgan Marietta (University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.362kg
ISBN: 9780415843799
ISBN 10: 0415843790
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 31 July 2013
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Marietta has drafted an engaging, comprehensive, and accessible guide to how the Constitution has been and could be read. In thoughtful and often humorous prose, this book provides insight on the key constitutional questions that have animated many of our historical and contemporary conflicts about what our Constitution should mean and how it might guide us to answers for some of our most politically-charged conflicts. Indeed, the book calls us all to account-learn how to read and understand your Constitution if you want to indeed be a full citizen in this republic. If Ben Franklin once said that the constitutional Framers offered this country 'A Republic, if you can keep it,' then Marietta offers a guide as to how that Republic might be kept. -Stephen M. Engel, Bates College
In A Citizen's Guide to the Constitution and the Supreme Court, Morgan Marietta presents a creative and insightful analysis of the process of constitutional interpretation. He communicates that analysis with impressive clarity, and this book will be a valuable resource for those who seek to gain a better understanding of the Supreme Court and the Constitution. -Lawrence Baum, Ohio State University Marietta has drafted an engaging, comprehensive, and accessible guide to how the Constitution has been and could be read. In thoughtful and often humorous prose, this book provides insight on the key constitutional questions that have animated many of our historical and contemporary conflicts about what our Constitution should mean and how it might guide us to answers for some of our most politically-charged conflicts. Indeed, the book calls us all to account-learn how to read and understand your Constitution if you want to indeed be a full citizen in this republic. If Ben Franklin once said that the constitutional Framers offered this country 'A Republic, if you can keep it,' then Marietta offers a guide as to how that Republic might be kept. -Stephen M. Engel, Bates College A Citizen's Guide is a superbly written, scholarly analysis of the major points of disagreement and schools of interpretation that inform the robust constitutional conflict that permeates contemporary American politics. The book is balanced and nuanced and is an important contribution for scholars, students, and the informed public. It demonstrates the author's mature understanding of constitutional law, theory, and the Supreme Court. -Ronald Kahn, Oberlin College
In A Citizen's Guide to the Constitution and the Supreme Court, Morgan Marietta presents a creative and insightful analysis of the process of constitutional interpretation. He communicates that analysis with impressive clarity, and this book will be a valuable resource for those who seek to gain a better understanding of the Supreme Court and the Constitution. -Lawrence Baum, Ohio State University Marietta has drafted an engaging, comprehensive, and accessible guide to how the Constitution has been and could be read. In thoughtful and often humorous prose, this book provides insight on the key constitutional questions that have animated many of our historical and contemporary conflicts about what our Constitution should mean and how it might guide us to answers for some of our most politically-charged conflicts. Indeed, the book calls us all to account-learn how to read and understand your Constitution if you want to indeed be a full citizen in this republic. If Ben Franklin once said that the constitutional Framers offered this country 'A Republic, if you can keep it,' then Marietta offers a guide as to how that Republic might be kept. -Stephen M. Engel, Bates College A Citizen's Guide to the Constitution and the Supreme Court is a superbly written, scholarly analysis of the major points of disagreement and schools of interpretation that inform the robust constitutional conflict that permeates contemporary American politics. The book is balanced and nuanced and is an important contribution for scholars, students, and the informed public. It demonstrates the author's mature understanding of constitutional law, theory, and the Supreme Court. -Ronald Kahn, Oberlin College
Author Information
Morgan Marietta is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is the author of A Citizen's Guide to American Ideology and The Politics of Sacred Rhetoric.
