Cosmic Constitutional Theory: Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance

J. Harvie Wilkinson

ISBN 10: 0199846014 / ISBN 13: 9780199846016

Published by Oxford University Press Inc, 2012

About this Item

What underlies this development? In this concise and highly engaging work, Federal Appeals Court Judge and noted author (From Brown to Bakke) J. Harvie Wilkinson argues that America's most brilliant legal minds have launched a set of cosmic constitutional theories that, for all their value, are undermining self-governance. Series: Inalienable Rights. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342. . 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cosmic Constitutional Theory: Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199846014
• ISBN 13: 9780199846016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

What underlies this development? In this concise and highly engaging work, Federal Appeals Court Judge and noted author (From Brown to Bakke) J. Harvie Wilkinson argues that America's most brilliant legal minds have launched a set of cosmic constitutional theories that, for all their value, are undermining self-governance.

About the Author

J. Harvie Wilkinson III was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by Ronald Reagan. He has served on that court since 1984 and as its Chief Judge from 1996 to 2003. He has been frequently on the short list of prospects for the Supreme Court and is regarded as one of the nation's premier appellate jurists. His books include From Brown to Bakke: The Supreme Court and School Integration, 1954-1978. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.