Our undemocratic constitution : where the constitution goes wrong (and how we the people can correct it) /

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Prelude: The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson. Introduction: A Tale of Two Signings. 1. The Ratification Referendum: Sending the Constitution to a New Convention for Repair. 2. Our Undemocratic Legislative Process. 3. The Legacy of Article II: Too-Powerful Presidents, Chosen in an Indefensible Process, Wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levinson, Sanford, 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Constitutional law > United States.
Law reform > United States.
Droit > Réforme > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Constitutional law
Law reform
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Prelude: The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson. Introduction: A Tale of Two Signings. 1. The Ratification Referendum: Sending the Constitution to a New Convention for Repair. 2. Our Undemocratic Legislative Process. 3. The Legacy of Article II: Too-Powerful Presidents, Chosen in an Indefensible Process, Who Cannot Be Displaced Even When They Are Manifestly Incompetent. 4. Life Tenure for Supreme Court Justices: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed. 5. The Constitution as Creator of Second-Class Citizens. 6. The Impermeable Article V. 7. Disenchantment and Desire: What Is to Be Done?. Coda: The Wisdom of Woo.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 231 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index.
ISBN:9780195345612
0195345614
1280564458
9781280564451
9780199885718
0199885710

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