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Published in: Society 2/2013

01-04-2013 | Book Review

J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Cosmic Constitutional Theory: Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance

New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. 176 pp. $21.95. ISBN: 978-0199846016

Author: Greg Weiner

Published in: Society | Issue 2/2013

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Whatever virtues constitutional theorists may possess, consistency is rarely among them. Living constitutionalists profess respect for precedent except when they seek to overturn it. Originalists preach restraint, yet have recently sought to overturn the will of duly elected majorities on issues ranging from gun control to health care. Judicial pragmatism and democratic process theory are fraught with comparable contradictions. …
previous article Gary L. McDowell, The Language of Law and the Foundations of American Constitutionalism

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Title
J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Cosmic Constitutional Theory: Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance
New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. 176 pp. $21.95. ISBN: 978-0199846016
Author
Greg Weiner
Publication date
01-04-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Society / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-013-9645-1

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