Constitutional ethos : liberal equality for the common good /
"Judges, courts, and scholars in the United States agree that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, but their attempts to render facts from interpretation invite much disagreement. This leaves many important matters open to question, including which rights are fundamental, the criter...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2017
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- I. Sources of constitutional law. 1. Principled constitutional discourse
- 2. Declaration of Independence in historical relief
- 3. Declaration of Independence and the American dream
- 4. The Preamble and General Welfare
- II. Ethos and maxims. 5. Constitutional ethos
- 6. Maxims and government power
- 7. Maxim of constitutional governance
- III. Interpretive contexts and application. 8. Theoretical alternatives
- 9. Maxim constitutionalism today