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Constitutional Morality and the Rise of Quasi-Law / Bruce P. Frohnen, George W. Carey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674968905
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.73 23
LOC classification:
  • KF4550 .F76 2016eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: A Conflict of Expectations -- 1. The Rule of Law -- 2. Constitutions: Ends, Means, and the Structure of Government -- 3. The Framers’ Constitution -- 4. Progressives and Administrative Governance -- 5. Progressive Reformers and the Framers’ Constitution -- 6. The New Dispensation and the Rise of Quasi-Law -- Conclusion: The Plural Structure of Society and the Limits of Law -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Americans are ruled by an unwritten constitution consisting of executive orders, signing statements, and other quasi-laws designed to reform society, Bruce Frohnen and George Carey argue. Consequently, the Constitution no longer means what it says to the people it is supposed to govern and the government no longer acts according to the rule of law.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: A Conflict of Expectations -- 1. The Rule of Law -- 2. Constitutions: Ends, Means, and the Structure of Government -- 3. The Framers’ Constitution -- 4. Progressives and Administrative Governance -- 5. Progressive Reformers and the Framers’ Constitution -- 6. The New Dispensation and the Rise of Quasi-Law -- Conclusion: The Plural Structure of Society and the Limits of Law -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Americans are ruled by an unwritten constitution consisting of executive orders, signing statements, and other quasi-laws designed to reform society, Bruce Frohnen and George Carey argue. Consequently, the Constitution no longer means what it says to the people it is supposed to govern and the government no longer acts according to the rule of law.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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