| The Nature of Constitutional Rights: The Invention and Logic of Strict Judicial Scrutiny Contributor(s): Fallon Jr, Richard H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108703917 ISBN-13: 9781108703918 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $35.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional |
| Dewey: 342.730 |
| LCCN: 2018061704 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.7" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 220 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What does it mean to have a constitutional right in an era in which most rights must yield to 'compelling governmental interests'? After recounting the little-known history of the invention of the compelling-interest formula during the 1960s, The Nature of Constitutional Rights examines what must be true about constitutional rights for them to be identified and enforced via 'strict scrutiny' and other, similar, judge-crafted tests. The book's answers not only enrich philosophical understanding of the concept of a 'right', but also produce important practical payoffs. Its insights should affect how courts decide cases and how citizens should think about the judicial role. Contributing to the conversation between originalists and legal realists, Richard H. Fallon, Jr explains what constitutional rights are, what courts must do to identify them, and why the protections that they afford are more limited than most people think. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fallon Jr, Richard H.: - Richard H. Fallon, Jr is Story Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, Massachusetts, and an Affiliate Professor in the Harvard Government Department. A former Rhodes Scholar, Fallon served as a law clerk to Judge J. Skelly Wright and to Justice Lewis F. Powell of the United States Supreme Court. Fallon has written extensively about Constitutional Law and is the author of multiple books including, The Dynamic Constitution (Cambridge, 2nd edition, 2013) and Law and Legitimacy in the Supreme Court (2018). |