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

Randy E. Barnett est titulaire de la chaire Carmack Waterhouse de théorie juridique au Georgetown University Law Center, où il enseigne le droit constitutionnel et les contrats. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme de la Northwestern University et de la Harvard Law School, il a jugé de nombreuses affaires criminelles en tant que procureur au bureau du procureur de l'État du comté de Cook à Chicago. Il a été professeur invité à la Northwestern et à la Harvard Law School. En 2008, il a reçu une bourse Guggenheim en études constitutionnelles. En 2004, Barnett a comparu devant la Cour suprême des États-Unis pour plaider l'affaire du cannabis médical Gonzalez c. Raich. Il donne des conférences à l'échelle internationale et est apparu dans des émissions de radio et de télévision telles que CBS Evening News, PBS NewsHour, Talk of the Nation (NPR), Hannity & Colmes (FOX) et le Ricki Lake Show. Il a donné les conférences Kobe 2000 en jurisprudence à l'Université de Tokyo et à l'Université Doshisha à Kyoto. La bourse de Barnett comprend plus de 80 articles et critiques ainsi que 8 livres, dont Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty (Princeton, 2004), Constitutional Law: Cases in Context (Aspen 2008), Contracts Cases and Doctrine (Aspen, 4th éd. 2008) et Notre Constitution républicaine : Sécuriser la liberté et la souveraineté de Nous, le peuple (Broadside Books, 2016).

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