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UNINA9910788589203321 |
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Autore |
Seidman Louis Michael |
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On constitutional disobedience / / Louis Michael Seidman |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-026012-2 |
0-19-989828-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 162 pages) |
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Collana |
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Inalienable rights series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Constitutional law - United States - Philosophy |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-157) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: The Gaudy Contradictions of American Constitutionalism -- Chapter One: The Argument Briefly Stated -- Chapter Two: Obedience over Time -- Chapter Three: The Banality of Constitutional Violation -- Chapter Four: Disobedience and Freedom -- Chapter Five: Ordinary Laws and Extraordinary Arguments. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What would the framers of the U.S. Constitution make of multinational corporations? Nuclear weapons? Gay marriage? They led a preindustrial country, much of it dependent on slave labor, huddled on the Atlantic seaboard. The Founders saw society as essentially hierarchical, led naturally by landed gentry like themselves. Yet their commands are still obeyed two centuries and one civil war later. According to this book's author, it is time to stop. The author argues that, in order to bring U.S. basic law up to date, it needs benign neglect. |
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