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  • Who Am I to Judge?

    Judicial Craft versus Constitutional Theory

    by Mark Tushnet ...
    A leading legal scholar asks a fundamental question: Do we need a theory of constitutional interpretation?Do we need a theory of constitutional interpretation? It is a common argument among originalists that however objectionable you may find their theory, at least they have one, whereas their opponents do not have any theory at all. But as Mark Tushnet argues, for most of the Supreme Court’s ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Taking Back the Constitution

    Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law

    by Mark Tushnet ...
    How the Supreme Court's move to the right has distorted both logic and the ConstitutionWhat Supreme Court justices do is far more than just "calling balls and strikes." The Court has never simply evaluated laws and arguments in light of permanent and immutable constitutional meanings. Social, moral, and yes, political ideas have always played into the justices' impressions of how they think a case ... Read more

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  • Why the Constitution Matters

    by Mark Tushnet ...

    $17.99 USD

  • Out of Range

    Why the Constitution Can't End the Battle over Guns

    by Mark V. Tushnet ...
    Series series Inalienable Rights
    Few constitutional disputes maintain as powerful a grip on the public mind as the battle over the Second Amendment. The National Rifle Association and gun-control groups struggle unceasingly over a piece of the political landscape that no candidate for the presidency--and few for Congress--can afford to ignore. But who's right? Will it ever be possible to settle the argument? In Out of Range, one ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The NAACP's Legal Strategy against Segregated Education, 1925-1950

    by Mark V. Tushnet ...
    The NAACP’s fight against segregated education — the first public interest litigation campaign — culminated in the 1954 Brown decision. While touching on the general social, political, and economic climate in which the NAACP acted, Mark V. Tushnet emphasizes the internal workings of the organization as revealed in its own documents. He argues that the dedication and the political and legal skills ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Hughes Court: Volume 11

    From Progressivism to Pluralism, 1930 to 1941

    by Mark V. Tushnet ...
    Series series Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States
    The Hughes Court: From Progressivism to Pluralism, 1930 to 1941 describes the closing of one era in constitutional jurisprudence and the opening of another. This comprehensive study of the Supreme Court from 1930 to 1941 – when Charles Evans Hughes was Chief Justice – shows how nearly all justices, even the most conservative, accepted the broad premises of a Progressive theory of government and ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Constitutionalism and Its Discontents

    by Mark Tushnet, Bojan Bugaric ...
    A thoughtful and provocative meditation on both the potential and limits of constitutionalism.In the early twenty-first century, constitutionalism confronts numerous pressures and critiques. Some prominent critics are concerned that constitutionalism’s modern form, in which high courts play a large role, limits popular self-governance. By committing their nations to detailed social and economic ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Free Speech Beyond Words

    The Surprising Reach of the First Amendment

    by Mark V. Tushnet, Alan K. Chen, Joseph Blocher ...
    A look at First Amendment coverage of music, non-representational art, and nonsenseThe Supreme Court has unanimously held that Jackson Pollock’s paintings, Arnold Schöenberg’s music, and Lewis Carroll’s poem “Jabberwocky” are “unquestionably shielded” by the First Amendment. Nonrepresentational art, instrumental music, and nonsense: all receive constitutional coverage under an amendment protecting ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Red, White, and Blue

    A Critical Analysis of Constitutional Law

    by Mark V. Tushnet ...
    Series series Constitutional Thinking
    The first paperback edition of a classic of American constitutional theory. The book is divided into two parts. In Part I Professor Tushnet appraises the five major competing “grand theories” of constitutional law and interpretation, and, argues that none of them satisfy their own requirements for coherence and judicial constraint. In Part II the author offers a descriptive sociology of ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Comparative Constitutional Law

    by Mark Tushnet, Vicki C. Jackson, Rosalind Dixon, Madhav Khosla ...
    Designed for use in law school courses, Comparative Constitutional Law introduces fundamental debates on the nature of constitutions, constitutional comparison, and the relationships between constitutions and constitutionalism in its various forms. The book explores how constitutions are made and changed, including recent applications of "unconstitutional constitutional amendment" doctrines, and ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Weak Courts, Strong Rights

    Judicial Review and Social Welfare Rights in Comparative Constitutional Law

    by Mark Tushnet ...
    Unlike many other countries, the United States has few constitutional guarantees of social welfare rights such as income, housing, or healthcare. In part this is because many Americans believe that the courts cannot possibly enforce such guarantees. However, recent innovations in constitutional design in other countries suggest that such rights can be judicially enforced--not by increasing the ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • A Court Divided

    The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law

    by Mark Tushnet ...
    "An incisive consideration of the Supremes, offering erudite yet accessible clues to legal thinking on the most important level."--Kirkus ReviewsIn this authoritative reckoning with the eighteen-year record of the Rehnquist Court, Georgetown law professor Mark Tushnet reveals how the decisions of nine deeply divided justices have left the future of the Court; and the nation; hanging in the balance ... Read more

    $11.99 USD