Making our democracy work a judge's view
Justice Breyer discusses what the Court must do going forward to maintain that public confidence and argues for interpreting the Constitution in a way that works in practice. He forcefully rejects competing approaches that look exclusively to the Constitution's text or to the eighteenth-century view...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Justice Breyer discusses what the Court must do going forward to maintain that public confidence and argues for interpreting the Constitution in a way that works in practice. He forcefully rejects competing approaches that look exclusively to the Constitution's text or to the eighteenth-century views of the framers. Instead, he advocates a pragmatic approach that applies unchanging constitutional values to ever-changing circumstances--an approach that will best demonstrate to the public that the Constitution continues to serve us well. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780307269911 0307269914 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
