"A great power of attorney" : understanding the fiduciary constitution /

The United States Constitution is best understood, for purposes of interpretation, as a kind of fiduciary instrument, in which people entrust management of some of their affairs to others. Those kinds of documents were well known to eighteenth-century drafters and readers, and the Constitution is th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Lawson, Gary, 1958- (Autor), Seidman, Guy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2017.
Colección:Constitutional thinking.
Temas:
Reasonable care (Law) > United States.
Implied powers (Constitutional law) > United States.
Due process of law > United States.
Constitutional history > United States.
Personne raisonnable (Droit) > États-Unis.
Application régulière de la loi > États-Unis.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > National.
Constitutional history
Due process of law
Implied powers (Constitutional law)
Reasonable care (Law)
United States
Fiduciary duty
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What the Constitution is-and why it matters
  • The fiduciary background of the founding era
  • Fiduciary government
  • Categorizing the Constitution
  • Incidental powers
  • The duty of personal exercise of delegated power
  • Duties of care and loyalty
  • Impartiality.

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