03679nam 2200817 a 450 991095410400332120200520144314.09786612538377978128253837512825383739780226238104022623810510.7208/9780226238104(CKB)2550000000013425(EBL)515724(OCoLC)615629391(SSID)ssj0000415751(PQKBManifestationID)11299032(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415751(PQKBWorkID)10416121(PQKB)10694398(SSID)ssj0000906714(PQKBManifestationID)12318361(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000906714(PQKBWorkID)10855718(PQKB)11713793(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122544(MiAaPQ)EBC515724(DE-B1597)524338(OCoLC)1135579085(DE-B1597)9780226238104(Au-PeEL)EBL515724(CaPaEBR)ebr10381145(CaONFJC)MIL253837(MiAaPQ)EBC3038256(Au-PeEL)EBL3038256(OCoLC)746883526(Perlego)1852808(EXLCZ)99255000000001342520100618h20042002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDesperately seeking certainty the misguided quest for constitutional foundations /Daniel A. Farber, Suzanna SherryPbk. ed.Chicago, Ill. University of Chicago Press2004, c20021 online resource (221 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226238098 0226238091 9780226238081 0226238083 Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-202) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 . Of Law and Latkes -- 2 . In the Beginning:Robert Bork and Other Originalists -- 3 . The Formalist Crusade of Antonin Scalia -- 4. Richard Epstein and the Incredible Shrinking Government -- 5 . Akhil Amar and the People's Court -- 6 . Bruce Ackerman's Magic Amendment Machine -- 7 . Ronald Dworkin and the City on the Hill -- 8 . Dethroning Grand Theory -- Appendix -- Notes -- IndexIrreverent, provocative, and engaging, Desperately Seeking Certainty attacks the current legal vogue for grand unified theories of constitutional interpretation. On both the Right and the Left, prominent legal scholars are attempting to build all of constitutional law from a single foundational idea. Dan Farber and Suzanna Sherry find that in the end no single, all-encompassing theory can successfully guide judges or provide definitive or even sensible answers to every constitutional question. Their book brilliantly reveals how problematic foundationalism is and shows how the pragmatic, multifaceted common law methods already used by the Court provide a far better means of reaching sound decisions and controlling judicial discretion than do any of the grand theories.Constitutional lawUnited StatesConstitutional lawUnited StatesPhilosophyConstitutional lawConstitutional lawPhilosophy.342.73Farber Daniel A.1950-233691Sherry Suzanna1807625MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954104003321Desperately seeking certainty4357452UNINA