Intelligible Constitution : The Supreme Court's Obligation to Maintain the Constitution as Something We the People Can Understand.
Title:
Intelligible Constitution : The Supreme Court's Obligation to Maintain the Constitution as Something We the People Can Understand.
Author:
Goldstein, Joseph.
ISBN:
9780198023739
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (222 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- A Foreword -- Part I: WHY AN INTELLIGIBLE CONSTITUTION -- Chapter 1. Made for an Undefined Future -- Part II: OPINION STUDIES -- Chapter 2. With Studied Ambiguity -- Chapter 3. Had Understanding Been the Goal -- Chapter 4. Decisions Unexplained -- Chapter 5. Failing to Take Their Own and Each Other's Opinions Seriously -- Part III: CANONS OF COMPREHENSIBILITY -- Chapter 6. Toward the Intelligible Constitution -- Appendix: The Constitution of the United States -- Notes -- Case Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- U -- W -- Y -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Index -- A -- C -- D -- E -- F -- I -- J -- L -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T.
Abstract:
This volume is an examination of the Constitution and the manner in which the Supreme Court has failed to communicate its opinions to the public in a comprehensible manner.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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