Levinson Constitutional Faith

With a New afterword by the author
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3987-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Levinson, Sanford

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix
INTRODUCTION, pg. 3
CHAPTER ONE. The “Constitution” in American Civil Religion, pg. 9
CHAPTER TWO. The Moral Dimension of Constitutional Faith, pg. 54
CHAPTER THREE. Loyalty Oaths: The Creedal Affirmations of Constitutional Faith, pg. 90
CHAPTER FOUR. Constitutional “Attachment”: Identifying the Content of One's Commitment, pg. 122
CHAPTER FIVE. The Law School, The Faith Community, And the Professing of Law, pg. 155
CHAPTER SIX. Conclusion: Adding One's Signature to the Constitution, pg. 180
NOTES, pg. 195
AFTERWORD TO THE 2011 EDITION, pg. 245
INDEX, pg. 257

Über Autor(innen)

Sanford Levinson is professor of law and government at the University of Texas Law School and a frequent visitor at the Harvard and Yale law schools. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His many books include Our Undemocratic Constitution.