02601nam 2200577 450 991079707080332120230126212706.01-4214-1596-8(CKB)3710000000366514(MiAaPQ)EBC3318875(OCoLC)904212176(MdBmJHUP)muse42616(Au-PeEL)EBL3318875(CaPaEBR)ebr11025072(MiAaPQ)EBC30378533(Au-PeEL)EBL30378533(EXLCZ)99371000000036651420150312h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierConstitutional calculus the math of justice and the myth of common sense /Jeff Suzuki1st ed.Baltimore, Maryland :Johns Hopkins University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (293 pages) illustrations, tables1-4214-1595-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Whether you are fascinated by history, math, social justice, or government, your interest will be piqued and satisfied by the convincing case Suzuki makes.Representative government and representationUnited StatesProbabilitiesUnited StatesMathematical statisticsUnited StatesVotingUnited StatesSocial justiceUnited StatesRepresentative government and representationProbabilitiesMathematical statisticsVotingSocial justice320.97301/1Suzuki Jeff1478614MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797070803321Constitutional calculus3793483UNINA