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Framed : America's 51 constitutions and the crisis of governance /

In his widely acclaimed volume Our Undemocratic Constitution, Sanford Levinson boldly argued that our Constitution should not be treated with "sanctimonious reverence," but as a badly flawed document deserving revision. Now Levinson takes us deeper, asking what were the original assumption...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Levinson, Sanford, 1941-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
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Résumé:In his widely acclaimed volume Our Undemocratic Constitution, Sanford Levinson boldly argued that our Constitution should not be treated with "sanctimonious reverence," but as a badly flawed document deserving revision. Now Levinson takes us deeper, asking what were the original assumptions underlying our institutions, and whether we accept those assumptions 225 years later. In Framed, Levinson challenges our belief that the most important features of our constitutions concern what rights they protect. Instead, he focuses on the fundamental procedures of governance such as congression.
Description matérielle:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199890767
0199890765