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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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United States of America V. Seidman
Author: On Constitutional Disobedience
Author: Louis Michael SeidmanPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199898278
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
In On Constitutional Disobedience, leading constitutional scholar Louis Michael Seidman explains why constitutional disobedience may well produce a better politics and considers the shape that such disobedience might take. First, though, he stresses that is worth remembering the primary goals of the original Constitution's authors, many of which were unseemly both then and now. Should we really feel obligated to defend our electoral college or various other features that arguably lead to unjust results? Yet many of our political debates revolve around constitutional features that no one loves but which everyone feels obligated to defend. After walking through the various defenses put forth by proponents of the US Constitutional system, Seidman shows why none of them hold up. The solution, he claims, is to abandon our loyalty to many of the document's requirements and instead embrace the Constitution as a 'poetic' vision of a just society. Lest we worry that forsaking the Constitution will result in anarchy, we only need to remember Great Britain, which functions very effectively without a written constitution. If we were to do this, we could design sensible institutions that fit our own era and craft solutions that have the support of today's majorities. Seidman worries that if we continue to embrace the anachronistic commands of a centuries-old document, our political and institutional dysfunction will only increase. The answer is not to abandon the Constitution in its entirety, but to treat it as an inspiration while disobeying the many particulars that deserve to go into history's dustbin.
United States of America V. Eichhorst
Author: Remnants of Belief
Author: Louis Michael SeidmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780195099805
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
United States of America V. Sanson
Author: Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
Author: United States of America V. Underwood
Author: United States Attorneys' Manual
Author: United States. Department of JusticePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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