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Law Without Future : Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right /

As the 2000 decision by the Supreme Court to effectively deliver the presidency to George W. Bush recedes in time, its real meaning comes into focus. If the initial critique of the Court was that it had altered the rules of democracy after the fact, the perspective of distance permits us to see that...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jackson, Jack (Author, http://id)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface. The Pardon of the Sheriff
  • Introduction. Politicization, Lawlessness, and Anti-Constitutional Times
  • Chapter 1. The Judicial Power: This Is Not a Decision
  • Chapter 2. The Executive Power: A Law That Is No Law
  • Chapter 3. The Legislative Power: This Death That Leads to Life
  • Chapter 4. Sovereign Power and Life Amid New Kings and Old Tutors
  • Coda. Constitutional Power Against Constitutional Government
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.