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

Randy E. Barnett es el Profesor Carmack Waterhouse de Teoría Jurídica en el Centro de Derecho de la Universidad de Georgetown, donde enseña derecho constitucional y contratos. Después de graduarse de la Universidad Northwestern y de la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard, procesó muchos casos de delitos graves como fiscal en la Oficina del Fiscal del Estado del Condado de Cook en Chicago. Ha sido profesor invitado en Northwestern y Harvard Law School. En 2008, recibió una beca Guggenheim en Estudios Constitucionales. En 2004, Barnett compareció ante la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos para argumentar el caso de cannabis medicinal de Gonzalez v. Raich. Da conferencias a nivel internacional y ha aparecido en programas de radio y televisión como CBS Evening News, PBS NewsHour, Talk of the Nation (NPR), Hannity & Colmes (FOX) y Ricki Lake Show. Pronunció las conferencias Kobe 2000 sobre jurisprudencia en la Universidad de Tokio y en la Universidad Doshisha de Kioto. La beca de Barnett incluye más de 80 artículos y reseñas, así como 8 libros, incluidos Restauración de la Constitución Perdida: La Presunción de Libertad (Princeton, 2004), Derecho Constitucional: Casos en Contexto (Aspen 2008), Casos de Contratos y Doctrina (Aspen, 4th ed. 2008), y Nuestra Constitución Republicana: Asegurando la Libertad y la Soberanía de Nosotros, el Pueblo (Broadside Books, 2016).

Our republican Constitution: securing the liberty and sovereignty of We the people pdf por 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.