Our elusive Constitution : silences, paradoxes, priorities / Daniel N. Hoffman.
1997
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Author
Title
Our elusive Constitution : silences, paradoxes, priorities / Daniel N. Hoffman.
Published
Albany : State University of New York Press, [1997]
Copyright
©1997
Call Number
KF4550 .H63 1997
ISBN
0791435016 (alk. paper)
0791435024 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0791435024 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
x, 297 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)35961426
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1
Pt. I
Law and Politics - What, Where, and How?
9
1The Myth of the Political Question
13
2Representation and Constitutional Politics
47
Pt. II
The Many (Against Nationalism)
79
3Peoplehood and Nationalism
85
4The Myth of Presidential Prerogative
105
5Compelling Governmental Interests
129
Pt. III
The One (Against Positivism)
157
6Personhood and Rights
161
7What Makes a Right Fundamental
177
8Rights We Need Today
195
Afterword
233
Notes
235
Bibliography
265
Index
283