Restoring the Lost Constitution The Presumption of Liberty - Updated Edition

Name: Restoring the Lost Constitution The Presumption of Liberty - Updated Edition
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ISBN: 9780691159737

ISBN-10: 0691159734

ISBN-13: 9780691159737

Edition: 2nd 2014 (Revised)

Authors: Randy E. Barnett

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The U.S. Constitution found in school textbooks and under glass in Washington is not the one enforced today by the Supreme Court. In Restoring the Lost Constitution, Randy Barnett argues that since the nation's founding, but especially since the 1930s, the courts have been cutting holes in the original Constitution and its amendments to eliminate the parts that protect liberty from the power of government. From the Commerce Clause, to the Necessary and Proper Clause, to the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, to the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court has rendered each of these provisions toothless. In the process, the written Constitution has been…

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List price: $22.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 12/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 0.10" wide x 0.10" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.364

Randy E. Barnett attended Northwestern University where he studied philosophy. He received his J.D. from Harvard University and worked as a prosecutor for several years. Barnett then turned to teaching and is currently the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law at Boston University Law School. Barnett has written frequently on law topics ranging from criminal law to constitutional rights and the role of consent in contract law. The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law, The Function of Restitutive Justice, and The Rights Retained by the People: The History and Meaning of the Ninth Amendment are some of his important works.