The American Supreme Court
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The American Supreme Court
University of Chicago Press, 1994
2nd ed. / revised by Sanford Levinson
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 229-253
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780226556772
Description
In this historical interpretation of the Supreme Court's role in constructing the United States Constitution, McCloskey contends that the strength of the Court has always been in its sensitivity to the changing political scene and in its reluctance to stray too far from the main currents of public sentiments. Because of the essential ambiguity of the Constitution, McCloskey argues, the Court has always been an active branch of government. Leaving McCloskey's original text unchanged, Levinson has added two new chapters covering the developments of the past 30 years, a coda, a revised chronology and a totally new bibliographic essay. Also included is a new preface by Daniel J. Boorstin.
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: pbk ISBN 9780226556789
Description
In this historical interpretation of the Supreme Court's role in constructing the United States Constitution, McCloskey contends that the strength of the Court has always been in its sensitivity to the changing political scene and in its reluctance to stray too far from the main currents of public sentiments. Because of the essential ambiguity of the Constitution, McCloskey argues, the Court has always been an active branch of government. This edition contains two new chapters covering the developments that have occurred since the 1960s, a coda, a revised chronology and a bibliographic essay.
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