Originalism and the good constitution /
John McGinnis and Michael Rappaport argue that the text of the Constitution and its Amendments should be adhered to by the Supreme Court because it was enacted by supermajorities. A text approved by supermajorities has special value in a democracy because it has unusually wide support and tends to m...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | John McGinnis and Michael Rappaport argue that the text of the Constitution and its Amendments should be adhered to by the Supreme Court because it was enacted by supermajorities. A text approved by supermajorities has special value in a democracy because it has unusually wide support and tends to maximize the welfare of the greatest number. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (298 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780674726260 067472626X 0674727363 9780674727366 |