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Who Am I to Judge? : Judicial Craft Versus Constitutional Theory / Mark Tushnet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tushnet, Mark, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States.
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Constitutional law.
- Judicial process--United States.
- Judicial process.
- Judicial review--United States.
- Judicial review.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- A leading legal scholar asks a fundamental question: Do we need a theory of constitutional interpretation? Do we need a theory of constitutional interpretation? It is a common argument among originalists that however objectionable you may find their theory, at least they have one, whereas their opponents do not have any theory at all. But as Mark Tushnet argues, for most of the Supreme Court’s history, including some of its most exceptional periods, the Court operated without a theory. In this book, Tushnet shows us what a constitutional theory actually is; what judges need from it and why they probably can’t get what they need; and the great harm that results when judges allow theory to dictate bad policy. It is not theory that matters, Tushnet argues. The vitally important, indispensable quality in a judge is good judgment.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1. Looking for Good Judgment in All the Right Places
- CHAPTER 2. Judging Without Theory: The 1930s
- CHAPTER 3. What Is Constitutional Theory and Why Should We Care?
- CHAPTER 4. Why It's a Mistake to Ask Whether Originalism Is a Good Constitutional Theory
- CHAPTER 5. Why It Doesn't Take a Theory to Beat a Theory
- CHAPTER 6. Students for Fair Admissions and the Craft of Judging
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780300281613
- 0300281617
- OCLC:
- 1484074863
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