From parchment to dust : the case for constitutional skepticism / Louis Michael Seidman.
"The prominent constitutional law scholar's fascinating argument that we don't need the Constitution after all"-- "For some, to oppose the Constitution is to oppose the American experiment itself. But leading constitutional scholar Louis Michael Seidman argues that our founding document has long pas...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
The New Press,
2021.
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| Physical Description: | viii, 309 pages ; 23 cm |
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Contents:
- We the people, part 1 : the problem of democracy and representation
- We the people, part 2 : some modest proposals
- Establishing justice : the problem of the Supreme Court
- Promoting the general welfare : the problem of economic distribution
- Securing the blessings of liberty, part 1 : the problem of civil liberties and cultural power
- Securing the blessings of liberty, part 2 : civil liberties and cultural power today
- Establishing a more perfect union : the problem of rights and rhetoric
- Insuring domestic tranquility : the problem of violence
- Ordaining and establishing this Constitution, part 1 : early American skepticism
- Ordaining and establishing this Constitution, part 2 : skepticism in the Progressive Era
- Ordaining and establishing this Constitution, part 3 : modern skepticism
- Bending toward justice?