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Reading the Constitution : why I chose pragmatism, not textualism / Stephen Breyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Constitution.
- United States.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Constitutional law.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxix, 335 pages.)
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Why I chose pragmatism, not textualism
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
- Contents:
- Preface: My way. (Part I: Purpose vs. textualism): Purpose-based approaches
- The textualist approach. (Part II: Interpreting statutory law): The traditional use of text and purpose
- The text/purpose divide
- Static or dynamic?
- Consequences
- Legislative history
- Constitutional values
- Resolving the text/purpose tension
- Why judges should consider purposes: a summary. (Part III: Interpreting the Constitution): The Constitution
- The traditional approach to constitutional interpretation
- Constitutional textualism
- When the text runs out: the limits of constitutional textualism
- Legal stability: stare decisis. (Part IV: Why values, purposes, and workability provide a better way to interpret the Constitution): Workability: history and practical experience
- Workability: deciding where values conflict
- Workability: direct application of basic values. (Part V: Paradigm shifts on the court): Three paradigm shifts
- Are we undergoing the next paradigm shift? Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Author's note
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-321) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781668021552 (electronic bk.)
- 1668021552 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40032251543
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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