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The communitarian constitution / Beau Breslin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Breslin, Beau, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law--Philosophy.
- Constitutional law.
- Separation of powers.
- Public interest.
- Common good.
- Constitutional law--United States--Philosophy.
- Communitarianism.
- United States.
- Philosophy.
- Communitarianism--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 269 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- A specialist in constitutional law and civil liberties, Breslin (Skidmore College) first sets out the 1861 case in which Lincoln suspended habeus corpus on the basis of national security, and the US Supreme Court determined that the president has no such constitutional authority. Then he uses it to explain the tension between communitarians who bel
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801877822
- OCLC:
- 54890642
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