A Constitution of many minds : why the founding document doesn't mean what it meant before / Cass R. Sunstein.

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Sunstein, Cass R

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781400829927
1400829925
1282158120
9781282158122
9786612158124
6612158123
9780691152424
069115242X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Constitution of many minds.DDC classification:

342.73 22

LOC classification:

KF4552 .S86 2009eb

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Contents:

There is nothing that interpretation just is -- Burkean minimalism -- Rationalists vs. Burkeans -- Due process traditionalism -- Backlash's travels -- Public opinion and social consequences -- Public opinion and judicial humility -- What other nations do.

Summary: The future of the U.S. Supreme Court hangs in the balance like never before. Will conservatives or liberals succeed in remaking the court in their own image? In A Constitution of Many Minds, acclaimed law scholar Cass Sunstein proposes a bold new 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. Exploring hot-button issues ranging from presidential power to same-sex relations to gun rights, Sunstein shows how the meaning of the Constitution is reestablished in every generation as new social commi.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The future of the U.S. Supreme Court hangs in the balance like never before. Will conservatives or liberals succeed in remaking the court in their own image? In A Constitution of Many Minds, acclaimed law scholar Cass Sunstein proposes a bold new 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. Exploring hot-button issues ranging from presidential power to same-sex relations to gun rights, Sunstein shows how the meaning of the Constitution is reestablished in every generation as new social commi.