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Cosmic Constitutional Theory: Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance
J. Harvie Wilkinson
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Description for Cosmic Constitutional Theory: Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance
Hardback. What underlies this development? In this concise and highly engaging work, Federal Appeals Court Judge and noted author (From Brown to Bakke) J. Harvie Wilkinson argues that America's most brilliant legal minds have launched a set of cosmic constitutional theories that, for all their value, are undermining self-governance. Series: Inalienable Rights. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential election, are more and more the domain of judges. What sparked this development? In this engaging volume, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson argues that America's most brilliant legal minds have launched a set of cosmic constitutional theories that, for all their value, are undermining self-governance. Thinkers as diverse as Justices William Brennan and Antonin Scalia, Professor ... Read more
American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential election, are more and more the domain of judges. What sparked this development? In this engaging volume, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson argues that America's most brilliant legal minds have launched a set of cosmic constitutional theories that, for all their value, are undermining self-governance. Thinkers as diverse as Justices William Brennan and Antonin Scalia, Professor ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Inalienable Rights
Condition
New
Weight
341g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199846016
SKU
V9780199846016
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About J. Harvie Wilkinson
J. Harvie Wilkinson III was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by Ronald Reagan. He has served on that court since 1984 and as its Chief Judge from 1996 to 2003. He has been frequently on the short list of prospects for the Supreme Court and is regarded as one of the nation's premier ... Read more
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