Law and Legitimacy in the Supreme Court

Richard H. Fallon, Jr.

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$41.00 • £32.95 • €37.00

ISBN 9780674975811

Publication Date: 02/19/2018

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240 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

Belknap Press

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Preface
Introduction
1. Legitimacy and Judicial Authority
2. Constitutional Meaning: Original Public Meaning
3. Constitutional Meaning: Varieties of History That Matter
4. Law in the Supreme Court: Jurisprudential Foundations
5. Constitutional Constraints
6. Constitutional Theory and Its Relation to Constitutional Practice
7. Sociological, Legal, and Moral Legitimacy: Today and Tomorrow
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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2019 Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize, Georgetown Center for the Constitution

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