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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809760903321

Autore

Suzuki Jeff

Titolo

Constitutional calculus : the math of justice and the myth of common sense / / Jeff Suzuki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4214-1596-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

320.97301/1

Soggetti

Representative government and representation - United States

Probabilities - United States

Mathematical statistics - United States

Voting - United States

Social justice - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: condorcet's dream -- The articles of the constitution -- Stand up and be estimated -- (Nearly) equal representation -- Weighting for a fair vote -- The impossibility of democracy -- Dragons and dummymanders -- The worst way to elect a president, except for all the rest -- The Bill of Rights -- Stop and frisk : the inefficiency of racism -- Reverend thomas bayes and the law -- "The man of statistics" -- Despair over disparity -- Once is an accident-- -- 6 5 10 n-angry men -- The peril and promise of social network analysis -- Strikes for three strikes -- The price of punishment -- Epilogue: the constitutional equation -- Notes -- Selected topical bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Whether you are fascinated by history, math, social justice, or government, your interest will be piqued and satisfied by the convincing case Suzuki makes.