Desperately seeking certainty : the misguided quest for constitutional foundations /
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...
| Основен автор: | Farber, Daniel A., 1950- |
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| Други автори: | Sherry, Suzanna. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2002.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=319129 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Desperately seeking certainty. |
| Резюме: |
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, multif. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-202) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226238104 0226238105 |