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Barcode30053003774349
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No342.7302 BREY
Title Reading the Constitution : why I chose pragmatism, not textualism / Stephen Breyer.
Author Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- author.
CollectionNEW: Adult 300-399
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Personal Name Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- author.
Title Statement Reading the Constitution : why I chose pragmatism, not textualism / Stephen Breyer.
Varying Form of Title Why I chose pragmatism, not textualism
Edition Statement First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Ã2024
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
Physical Description xxix, 335 pages ; 25 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-321) and index.
Formatted Contents Note Preface: My way -- Part I: Purpose vs. textualism. Purpose-based approaches -- The textualist approach -- Part II: Interpreting statutory law. The traditional use of text and purpose -- The text/purpose divide -- Static or dynamic? -- Consequences -- Legislative history -- Constitutional values -- Resolving the text/purpose tension -- Why judges should consider purposes: a summary -- Part III: Interpreting the Constitution. The Constitution -- The traditional approach to constitutional interpretation -- Constitutional textualism -- When the text runs out: the limits of constitutional textualism -- Legal stability: stare decisis -- Part IV: Why values, purposes, and workability provide a better way to interpret the Constitution. Workability: history and practical experience -- Workability: deciding where values conflict -- Workability: direct application of basic values -- Part V: Paradigm shifts on the court. Three paradigm shifts -- Are we undergoing the next paradigm shift? -- Conclusion.
Summary, Etc. An analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution.
Subject United States. Supreme Court.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Constitutional law United States.

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