Framed : America's fifty-one 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 origina...

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Levinson, Sanford
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
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 congressional bicam
Umfang:
1 online resource (448 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-993087-2
0-19-026008-4
1-280-59465-9
9786613624482
0-19-989076-5
Schlagworte:
Constitutional law > United States > States.
Constitutional law > United States.
Federal government > United States.
Separation of powers > United States.
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