Irreverent, provocative, and engaging, Desperately Seeking Certainty attacks the current legal vogue for grand unified theories of constitutional interpretation. On both the right and the left, prominent legal scholars normally try to build all of constitutional law from a single foundational idea, Daniel Farber and Suzanna Sherry find that in the end no single, all-encompassing theory can successfully guide judges or provide definitive or even sensible answers to every constitutional question. Their book brilliantly reveals how problematic foundationalism is and shows how the pragmatic, multifaceted common law methods already used by the Court provide a far better means of reaching sound decisions and controlling judicial discretion than do any of the grand theories.
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Faber and Sherry critique the legal vogue for grand unified theories of constitutional interpretation, this is developed through the discussion of six well-known legal theorists. They show how the methods already used by the Court provide a better means of reaching decisions.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780226238081
Publisert
2002-05-02
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Chicago Press
Vekt
425 gr
Høyde
23 mm
Bredde
16 mm
Dybde
2 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
219

Biographical note

Daniel A. Farber is the McKnight Presidential Professor of Public Law, Henry J. Fletcher Professor of Law, and associate dean for research and development at the University of Minnesota. Suzanna Sherry is the Cal Turner Professor of Law and Leadership at Vanderbilt University. Each is the author of numerous books.