Words That Bind: Judicial Review and the Grounds of Modern Constitutional Theory

ISBN-13: 9780367314033 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019

John Arthur

Opis

The words of the U.S. Constitution limit the possibilities of political action: they bind us in certain ways. How they bind us, however, depends upon how these words are interpreted and upon the distinctively American practice of judicial review.In Words That Bind, John Arthur examines conflicting theories of constitutional interpretation and judic

Spis treści

1: Enforcing the Social Contract: Original Intent, 2: Perfecting the Democratic Process, 3: Critical Legal Studies and the Denial of Law, 4: Promoting the General Welfare Utilitarianism, Law, and Economics, 5: Democratic Contractualism and the Search for Equality

O autorze

John Arthur is professor of philosophy and director of the program in Philosophy, Politics, and Law at Binghamton University. He is author of The Unfinished Constitution and coeditor of Campus Wars: Multiculturalism and the Politics of Difference (WestviewPress 1995).