Constitutional calculus : the math of justice and the myth of common sense / / Jeff Suzuki
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| Autore: |
Suzuki Jeff
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| Titolo: |
Constitutional calculus : the math of justice and the myth of common sense / / Jeff Suzuki
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina: | 320.97301/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Representative government and representation - United States |
| Probabilities - United States | |
| Mathematical statistics - United States | |
| Voting - United States | |
| Social justice - United States | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Constitutional calculus |
| ISBN: | 1-4214-1596-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797070803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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