Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism

by Erwin Chemerinsky

Book Overview

Why originalism is a flawed, incoherent, and dangerously ideological method of constitutional interpretation

"Chemerinsky . . . offers a concise, point-by-point refutation of the theory [of originalism]. He argues that it cannot deliver what it promises--and if it could, no one would want what it is selling."--David Cole, New York Review of Books

Originalism, the view that the meaning of a constitutional provision...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300273983
• ISBN13: 9780300273984
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"