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Desperately seeking certainty : the misguided quest for constitutional foundations / / Daniel A. Farber, Suzanna Sherry



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Autore: Farber Daniel A. <1950-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Desperately seeking certainty : the misguided quest for constitutional foundations / / Daniel A. Farber, Suzanna Sherry Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, 2004, c2002
Edizione: Pbk. ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
Disciplina: 342.73
Soggetto topico: Constitutional law - United States
Constitutional law - United States - Philosophy
Soggetto non controllato: public law, legal, lawyer, professor, academic, scholarly, educational, classroom, research, college, university, analysis, constitution, constitutional, interpretation, theory, judge, courtroom, foundationalism, problems, decisions, judicial, theories, united states, usa, us, america, american, robert bork, originalists, philosophy, philosophical, antonin scalia, supreme court, akhil amar, justice, richard epstein, ronald dworkin
Altri autori: SherrySuzanna  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-202) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Irreverent, 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Desperately seeking certainty  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-53837-3
9786612538377
0-226-23810-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812727003321
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