Welfare and the Constitution / Sotirios A. Barber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barber, Sotirios A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States--Philosophy.

Constitutional law.

Welfare state.

Philosophy.

United States.

Welfare state--United States--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xv, 164 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Welfare & the Constitution

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2003]

Summary:

"This book is extraordinarily important. It is the most ambitious and realized work of constitutional theory that argues for a positive benefits model of the Constitution. It is also exceptionally well written. The prose is forceful, engaging, and eloquent; the tone is serious and commanding, though disarmingly conversational and accessible. Barber's arguments are at once boldly unconventional and yet derived from traditional sources like Lincoln and The Federalist Papers."--James E. Fleming, Fordham University School of Law

""Welfare and the Constitution engages in extensive, subtle, and sophisticated inquiry into the obligations that the federal Constitution imposes on government."--Lee Anne Fennell, University of Texas School of Law

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

069111448X

OCLC:

51046763