Constitutional Bricolage.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: Princeton University Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- 9781322886589
- 9781400869107
- 9780691075396
- KF4541 .C667 2015
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Includes bibliographies and index.
PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; I. THE SYNTACTIC APPROACH AND THE PRIMACY OF FORM ; II. THE LAW OF RULES; III. THE FRAMERS' POLITICAL SYNTAX; IV. THE LEGAL HUMOUR IN AMERICA; V. TANEY AND CONSTITUTIONAL BRiCOLAGE; VI. HELPING THE FITTEST SURVIVE; VII. THE LIBERATION OF THE STATE; VIII. TOWARD A NEW POLITICAL SYNTAX: BEYOND BRICOLAGE; INDEX.
Uniquely blending anthropological and exchange theory, Professor Garvey offers a new interpretation of American constitutional development. His thesis: judicial reliance on a limited stock of received forms has inhibited the development of new concepts that could adequately reflect fundamental changes in society. Professor Garvey reviews the history of the Supreme Court in light of the ""bricolage"" theory. The Court, by interpreting the Constitution to effect laissez-faire and Social Darwinism, helped bring about a society ostensibly patterned on the buyer-seller model, marked by free exchan.
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