Overview
Intends to propose a fresh way of interpreting the Constitution, one that respects the Constitution's text and history but also refuses to view the document as frozen in time. This work shows how the meaning of the Constitution is reestablished in every generation as fresh social commitments and ideas compel us to reassess our fundamental beliefs.
Full Product Details
Author: Cass R. Sunstein
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.482kg
ISBN: 9780691133379
ISBN 10: 0691133379
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 08 February 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9781400829927
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Language: English
Reviews
Applying ... insights to the field of constitutional law, the book develops, in elegant and careful prose, a novel collection of arguments within their discipline. The author [has] raised a number of fresh and controversial issues, and, as a result, [his] work is certain to be widely read and much discussed. -- N.W. Barber, Texas Law Review Sunstein has a knack for identifying the operative kernel of complex ideas in a way that allows the reader to see how an unfamiliar concept links seemingly disparate problems. -- Azuz Huq, New York Law Journal We would do well to have more thinkers around like Sunstein, and better yet to have more of them on the Supreme Court. -- Leonard H. Becker, DC Lawyer Magazine
Applying ... insights to the field of constitutional law, the book develops, in elegant and careful prose, a novel collection of arguments within their discipline. The author [has] raised a number of fresh and controversial issues, and, as a result, [his] work is certain to be widely read and much discussed. -- N.W. Barber, Texas Law Review
Applying . . . insights to the field of constitutional law, the book develops, in elegant and careful prose, a novel collection of arguments within their discipline. The author [has] raised a number of fresh and controversial issues, and, as a result, [his] work is certain to be widely read and much discussed. -- N.W. Barber, Texas Law Review
Author Information
Cass R. Sunstein is currently on leave from his position as the Felix Frankfurter Professor at Harvard Law School to serve as Administrator of the Office of Regulation and Information Policy in the Obama administration. His many books include Republic.com 2.0 (Princeton), Worst-Case Scenarios , and Nudge .
