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Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution
Stephen G. Breyer
ISBN 13: 9780307263131
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
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"Breyer's prose is admirably simple and clear, and his discussion shows a keen legal intellect that espouses broad values rather than narrow theories, and a deep, humane concern with fostering democracy and the well-being of the citizenry."
Publishers Weekly, 08/22/2005
Review:"This is a brisk, lucid, and energetic book, written with conviction and offering a central argument that is at once provocative and appealing."
Cass R. Sunstein, New Republic, 09/19/2005
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