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1003467
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b757837
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Sunstein, Cass R.
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| Title & Author
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A Constitution of many minds : : why the founding document doesn't mean what it meant before /\ Cass R. Sunstein.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton :: Princeton University Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xi, 225 pages)
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| ISBN
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069115242X
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: 1282158120
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: 1400829925
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: 6612158123
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: 9780691152424
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: 9781282158122
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: 9781400829927
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: 9786612158124
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0691133379
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9780691133379
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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There is nothing that interpretation just is -- Burkean minimalism -- Rationalists vs. Burkeans -- Due process traditionalism -- Backlash's travels -- Public opinion and social consequences -- Public opinion and judicial humility -- What other nations do.
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| Abstract
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The future of the U.S. Supreme Court hangs in the balance like never before. Will conservatives or liberals succeed in remaking the court in their own image? In A Constitution of Many Minds, acclaimed law scholar Cass Sunstein proposes a bold new way of interpreting the Constitution, one that respects the Constitution's text and history but also refuses to view the document as frozen in time. Exploring hot-button issues ranging from presidential power to same-sex relations to gun rights, Sunstein shows how the meaning of the Constitution is reestablished in every generation as new social commi.
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Constitutional law-- United States.
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Constitutional law.
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Grundlagar-- Förenta staterna.
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LAW-- Constitutional.
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LAW-- Public.
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Statsrätt-- Förenta staterna.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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342.73
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| LC Classification
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KF4552.S86 2009eb
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