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Constitution Today - Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Akhil Reed Amar is the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and the author of several books on constitutional law and history, including America's Constitution: A Biography and The Words That Made Us. He lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut. Klappentext In this “desperately needed” (Time.com) book, a leading legal scholar addresses the most important constitutional controversies of the twenty-first century and illuminates the Constitution's ongoing relevance In The Constitution Today, Akhil Reed Amar, America’s preeminent constitutional scholar, considers the biggest and most bitterly contested debates of the twenty-first century—from gun control to gay marriage, affirmative action to criminal procedure, presidential dynasties to congressional dysfunction, Bill Clinton’s impeachment to Obamacare. He shows how the Constitution’s text, history, and structure are a crucial repository of collective wisdom, providing specific rules and grand themes relevant to every organ of the American body politic. With accessible prose and expert insights, Amar leads readers through the most important constitutional questions while explaining the direction constitutional law must go, offering an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand America’s Constitution and its relevance today.  Zusammenfassung "I don't think there is anyone in the academy these days capable of more patient and attentive reading of the constitutional text than Akhil Amar."-Jeremy Waldron, New York Review of Books

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Authors Akhil Amar, Akhil Reed Amar
Publisher Basic Books Inc.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 25.10.2018
 
EAN 9781541617285
ISBN 978-1-5416-1728-5
No. of pages 480
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law

POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, HISTORY / United States / General

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