Our republican Constitution: securing the liberty and sovereignty of We the people PDF

Randy E. Barnett ist Carmack-Waterhouse-Professor für Rechtstheorie am Georgetown University Law Center, wo er Verfassungsrecht und Verträge lehrt. Nach seinem Abschluss an der Northwestern University und der Harvard Law School verhandelte er als Staatsanwalt in der Staatsanwaltschaft des Cook County State in Chicago in vielen Verbrechensfällen. Er war Gastprofessor an der Northwestern und der Harvard Law School. 2008 erhielt er ein Guggenheim-Stipendium für konstitutionelle Studien. Im Jahr 2004 erschien Barnett vor dem Obersten Gerichtshof der USA, um im Fall Gonzalez gegen Raich über medizinisches Cannabis zu argumentieren. Er hält international Vorträge und trat in Radio- und Fernsehprogrammen wie CBS Evening News, PBS NewsHour, Talk of the Nation (NPR), Hannity & Colmes (FOX) und der Ricki Lake Show auf. Er hielt die Kobe 2000-Vorlesungen in Jurisprudenz an der Universität Tokio und der Doshisha-Universität in Kyoto. Barnetts Stipendium umfasst mehr als 80 Artikel und Rezensionen sowie 8 Bücher, darunter Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty (Princeton, 2004), Constitutional Law: Cases in Context (Aspen 2008), Contracts Cases and Doctrine (Aspen, 4 Aufl. 2008) und Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People (Broadside Books, 2016).

Our republican Constitution: securing the liberty and sovereignty of We the people pdf von Randy Barnett

Creating our republican Constitution -- Improving our republican Constitution -- Preserving our republican Constitution -- Conclusion : redeeming our republican Constitution.;"From the early days of the American republic, the nature of government "of the people, by the people, for the people" has been disputed. This is because there are not one but two very different notions of "We the People" and popular sovereignty, which yield competing schools of constitutional thought. The democrats view We the People collectively and think popular sovereignty resides in the people as a group. They view the Constitution as a living document and contend that today's majority should not be governed by the dead hand of past majorities. The republicans view We the People as a collection of individuals. Their vision of government is that it should not reflect the will of the majority--but rather secure the preexisting rights of each and every person to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This fundamental disagreement lies at the heart of our current national divide. In [this book], Barnett tells the fascinating story of how this conflict arose shortly after the Revolution, leading to the adoption of a new and innovative republican constitution; and how the struggle and eventual victory over slavery led to its improvement by a newly formed Republican Party. Yet soon after, progressive academics and activists urged the courts to remake it into a democratic constitution by ignoring key passages of its text. And eventually the courts complied. ... Drawing from his deep knowledge of constitutional law and history ..., Barnett explains why We the People would benefit greatly from the renewal of our Republican Constitution, and how this can be accomplished in the courts and political arena."--Jacket.