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Reading the Constitution : why I chose pragmatism, not textualism / Stephen Breyer.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: xxix, 335 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781668021538
  • 1668021536
Other title:
  • Why I chose pragmatism, not textualism
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.7302 23
LOC classification:
  • KF4550 B848r 2024
Contents:
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: 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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) KF4550 B848r 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000188880

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-321) and index.

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.

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.

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