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The tempting of America : the political seduction of the law / Robert H. Bork ; with a new afterword by the author.

Bork, Robert H. (Author).

Summary:

"A Touchstone book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-423) and index.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0671730142
  • ISBN: 9780671730147
  • Physical Description: xviii, 440 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Touchstone ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1991.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Touchstone book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-423) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Creation and fall -- The New Deal court and the constitutional revolution -- The Warren court : the political role embraced -- After Warren : the Burger and Rehnquist courts -- The Supreme Court's trajectory -- The Madisonian dilemma and the need for constitutional theory -- The original understanding -- Objections to original understanding -- The theorists of liberal constitutional revisionism -- The theorists of conservative constitutional revisionism -- Of moralism, moral relativism, and the Constitution -- The impossibility of all theories that depart from original understanding -- In defense of legal reasoning : "good results" vs. legitimate process -- The nomination and the campaign -- The hearings and after -- The charges and the record : a study in contrasts -- Why the campaign was mounted -- Effects for the future.

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Judicial power > United States.
Judicial review > United States.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Constitutional law > United States.
Constitutional law.
Judicial power.
Judicial review.
Political questions and judicial power.
United States.
Law > Pilitical activity.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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