Levinson, Sanford
Our Undemocratic Constitution : Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can Correct It)
Prelude: The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson
Introduction: A Tale of Two Signings
1. The Ratification Referendum: Sending the Constitution to a New Convention for Repair
2. Our Undemocratic Legislative Process
3. The Legacy of Article II: Too-Powerful Presidents, Chosen in an Indefensible Process, Who Cannot Be Displaced Even When They Are Manifestly Incompetent
4. Life Tenure for Supreme Court Justices: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed
5. The Constitution as Creator of Second-Class Citizens
6. The Impermeable Article V
7. Disenchantment and Desire: What Is to Be Done?
Coda: The Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson
Appendix: The Constitution of the United States
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Introduction: A Tale of Two Signings
1. The Ratification Referendum: Sending the Constitution to a New Convention for Repair
2. Our Undemocratic Legislative Process
3. The Legacy of Article II: Too-Powerful Presidents, Chosen in an Indefensible Process, Who Cannot Be Displaced Even When They Are Manifestly Incompetent
4. Life Tenure for Supreme Court Justices: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed
5. The Constitution as Creator of Second-Class Citizens
6. The Impermeable Article V
7. Disenchantment and Desire: What Is to Be Done?
Coda: The Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson
Appendix: The Constitution of the United States
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Keywords: LAW / Constitutional LAW018000
- Author(s)
- Levinson, Sanford
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 2006
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Upbringing, Education
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780195345612
