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Zusatztext concise and powerful Informationen zum Autor J. Harvie Wilkinson III was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by Ronald Reagan. He has served on that court since 1984 and as its Chief Judge from 1996 to 2003. He has been frequently on the short list of prospects for the Supreme Court and is regarded as one of the nation's premier appellate jurists. His books include From Brown to Bakke: The Supreme Court and School Integration, 1954-1978. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. Klappentext What underlies this development? In this concise and highly engaging work, Federal Appeals Court Judge and noted author (From Brown to Bakke) J. Harvie Wilkinson argues that America's most brilliant legal minds have launched a set of cosmic constitutional theories that, for all their value, are undermining self-governance. Zusammenfassung What underlies this development? In this concise and highly engaging work, Federal Appeals Court Judge and noted author (From Brown to Bakke) J. Harvie Wilkinson argues that America's most brilliant legal minds have launched a set of cosmic constitutional theories that, for all their value, are undermining self-governance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's Note Introduction I. Living Constitutionalism: Activism Unleashed II. Originalism: Activism Masquerading as Restraint III. Political Process Theory: A Third Way Down the Rabbit Hole IV. Pragmatism: Activism Through Antitheory V. The Failure of Cosmic Constitutional Theory
