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Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Training and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date April 30, 2008
Pages 195
Binding Paperback
Edition 1
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780521721721
ISBN-10 0521721725
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight 0.90 lbs.
Original list price $34.99
Other format details university press
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book is a sweeping indictment of the legal profession in the realm of constitutional interpretation. The adversarial, advocacy-based American legal system is well suited to American justice, in which one-sided arguments collide to produce a just outcome. But when applied to constitutional theorizing, the result is selective analysis, overheated rhetoric, distorted facts, and overstated conclusions. Such wayward theorizing finds its way into print in the nation's over 600 law journals - professional publications run by law students, not faculty or other professionals - and peer review is almost never used to evaluate worthiness. The consequences of this system are examined through three timely cases: the presidential veto, the "unitary theory" of the president's commander-in-chief power, and the Second Amendment's "right to bear arms." In each case, law reviews were the breeding ground for defective theories that won false legitimacy and political currency. This book concludes with recommendations for reform.

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9780521721721 | details & prices | 195 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $34.99
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