Author

Publication

1980 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

67,000 words, Guess

Page Count

268 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCKF4575 .E4
  • DDC347/.73/12

Description

Until now legal experts have proposed two basic approaches to the Constitution. The first, "interpretivism," maintains that we should stick as closely as possible to what is explicit in the document itself. The second, predominant in recent academic theorizing, argues that the courts should be guided by what they see as the fundamental values of American society. Mr. Ely demonstrates that both of these approaches are inherently incomplete and inadequate. --from publisher description.

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