03544cam a2200517 i 4500 22923570 BJBSDDR 20250709121459.0 ta 230109s2023 nju e b 001 0 eng d 2023900432 GBC3A9748 bnb 021088383 Uk 0691252041 (hardcover) 9780691252049 (hardcover) 9780691252056 (ebook) 22923570 (OCoLC)1355624164 YDX eng rda YDX UKMGB TOH OCLCO OCLCL UCO DLC eng lccopycat n-us--- KF 4550 S958h 2023 342.7302 Sunstein, Cass R., 1954- 553 How to interpret the Constitution / Cass R. Sunstein. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2023. vii, 195 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Theories of interpretation -- The inevitability of choice -- The oath of office -- How to choose -- Traditions : "athwart history, yelling stop" -- Where to stand -- Index -- The Constitution of the United States. "The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the right to abortion and is revisiting other fundamental questions today--about voting rights, affirmative action, gun laws, and much more. Once-arcane theories of constitutional interpretation are profoundly affecting the lives of all Americans. In this brief and urgent book, Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein provides a lively introduction to competing approaches to interpreting the Constitution--and argues that the only way to choose one is to ask whether it would change American life for the better or worse. If a method of interpretation would eliminate the right of privacy, allow racial segregation, or obliterate free speech, it would be unacceptable for that reason. But some Supreme Court justices are committed to 'originalism,' arguing that the meaning of the Constitution is settled by how it was publicly understood when it was ratified. Originalists insist that their approach is dictated by the Constitution. That, Sunstein argues, is a big mistake. The Constitution doesn't contain instructions for its own interpretation. Any approach to constitutional interpretation needs to be defended in terms of its broad effects--what it does to our rights and our institutions. It must respect those rights and institutions--and safeguard the conditions for democracy itself"-- Provided by publisher. United States. Supreme Court. https://isni.org/isni/000000012176610X Estados Unidos. Corte Suprema 2912 Constitutional law United States. Derecho constitucional Estados Unidos 41 Law United States Interpretation and construction. Interpretación del derecho Estados Unidos 20390 Droit États-Unis Interprétation. Online version: Sunstein, Cass R. How to interpret the Constitution. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2023] 9780691252056 (OCoLC)1393967886 7 cbc copycat 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 123400 123400 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2025-05-09 0 KF 4550 S958h 2023 00000188871 2025-05-09 00:00:00 1 2025-05-09 BK