Law and Legitimacy in the Supreme Court

by Richard H Fallon

Winner of the Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize, Georgetown Center on the Constitution

Why do self-proclaimed constitutional "originalists" so regularly reach decisions with a politically conservative valence? Do "living constitutionalists" claim a license to reach whatever results they prefer, without regard to the Constitution's language and history? In confronting these questions, Richard H. Fallon reframes and ultimately transcends...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674975812
• ISBN13: 9780674975811
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"