The Classical Liberal Constitution: The Uncertain Quest for Limited Government - Softcover

Epstein, Richard A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674975464 ISBN 13: 9780674975460

Verlag: Harvard University Press, 2017

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The fundamental task, as Richard Epstein argues in this important and learned book, is to figure out how best to calibrate the often politically uncertain balance between legislative choice and constituional constraint so that the system will be able to maintain order without detroying liberty . Nothing less than the rule of law itself hangs in the balance, he insists . --Times Literary Supplement

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American liberals and conservatives alike take for granted a progressive view of the Constitution that took root in the early twentieth century. Richard Epstein laments this complacency which, he believes, explains America's current economic malaise and political gridlock. Steering clear of well-worn debates between defenders of originalism and proponents of a living Constitution, Epstein employs close textual reading, historical analysis, and political and economic theory to urge a return to the classical liberal theory of governance that animated the framers' original text, and to the limited government this theory supports. "[An] important and learned book." --Gary L. McDowell, Times Literary Supplement "Epstein has now produced a full-scale and full-throated defense of his unusual vision of the Constitution. This book is his magnum opus...Much of his book consists of comprehensive and exceptionally detailed accounts of how constitutional provisions ought to be understood...All of Epstein's particular discussions are instructive, and most of them are provocative...Epstein has written a passionate, learned, and committed book." --Cass R. Sunstein, New Republic

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• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0674975464
• ISBN 13: 9780674975460
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 704