A Principled Constitution?: Four Skeptical Views

by Larry Alexander, James Allan, Steven D. Smith

Is the United States Constitution the embodiment of certain principles? The four authors of this book for a variety of reasons, and with somewhat different emphases, believe the answer is no. Those who authored the Constitution no doubt all believed in liberty, equality, and, with caveats, republican self-government values, or if you will, principles. But they had different conceptions of those principles and what those principles entailed for constituting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 166691147X
• ISBN13: 9781666911473
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"