Cosmic constitutional theory : why Americans are losing their inalienable right to self-governance /
American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential e...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [UK] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2012.
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| Series: | Inalienable rights series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential election, are more and more the domain of judges. What sparked this development? In this engaging volume, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson argues that America's most brilliant legal minds have launched a set of cosmic constitutional theories that, for all their value, are undermining self-governance. Thinker. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 161 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199846023 0199846022 9780190260040 0190260041 |