The constitution today : timeless lessons for the issues of our era / Akhil Reed Amar.
The constitution today : timeless lessons for the issues of our era / Akhil Reed Amar.
The constitution today : timeless lessons for the issues of our era / Akhil Reed Amar.
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New York : Basic Books, [2016]
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G 2017/5481
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English
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Physical content
vii, 454 pages ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
The presidency : a return to dynasty? -- The vice presidency : nothing, but maybe everything -- The congress : how to fix a broken branch -- The judiciary : who judges the judges? -- Criminal procedure : from O.J. to D.N.A. -- Citizens dis-united : race, guns, gays, and more -- Constitutional annive...
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New York : Basic Books, [2016]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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"In The Constitution Today preeminent legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar examines the collision between the U.S. Constitution's grand temporal ambitions and the tight deadlines of the popular press by reviewing how he himself has intervened as a vocal commentator on the biggest and most bitterly contested constitutional issues of the last quarter centur...
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The constitution today : timeless lessons for the issues of our era / Akhil Reed Amar.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/5481
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74VKVgya5eKZ
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0465096344 (e-book)
9780465096336 (hardback)
0465096336 (hardback)
9780465096343 (e-book)
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342.73
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991024148705302626
