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A Constitution for All Times /

Pamela S. Karlan is a unique figure in American law. A professor at Stanford Law School and former counsel for the NAACP, she has argued seven cases at the Supreme Court and worked on dozens more as a clerk for Justice Harry Blackmun. In her first book written for a general audience, she examines wh...

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Autor principal: Karlan, Pamela S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a In the beginning -- Founding firearms -- Why interpretive methods matter -- What do we mean by judicial activism? -- The unhealthy activism of the Roberts Court -- The long shadow Bush v. Gore -- The wages of Watergate -- Me, Inc. -- Votes behind bars -- Gideon's muted trumpet -- The cost of death -- What's a right without a remedy? -- When the umpire throws the pitches -- Empty benches -- Sometimes an amendment is just an amendment -- It takes two -- The constitution without the court. 
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