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Title: The Partial Constitution by Cass R. Sunstein, Cass R. Sustein ISBN: 0-674-65479-X Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
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Summary: A powerful contribution do constitucional doctrine
Comment: When I was in my first years teaching constitutional law and writing a book on church and state in Portugal this book was perhaps the most important I read. The insights of Cass Sunstein helped to build a more persuasive case for religions freedom and equality in Portugal. Cass Sunstein addresses the constitutional question of determining the right baselines in those cases in which a Constitution confronts historically consolidated situations of inequality. In this cases, one must remember that the historical process is not necessarily a legitimate one. For instance (and this is where Sunstein'work was important to me), in Portugal the Catholic Church became the dominant religion, not by means of gentle persuasion in a free marketplace of ideas, but through coercion, persecution and discrimination. This means that the search for the right baseline for treating equally the different religious groups in contemporary Portugal cannot start with the acritical acceptance of the current situation of fact. If a Constitution accepts reality as it is, without any concern for how this reality came to be, this constitution will turn out to be a partial constitution. Much more could be said about it, but my point is that Sunstein's argument, developed trough many topics that have nothing to do with church and state problems, in fact helped to shape the current debate on church and state relations in Portugal, by focusing on the ilegitimate ways in which the dominant religion became so dominant and, by that, by allocating more theoretic and normative resources to the protection of religious minorities. After reading this book I've always tried to read everything I can from Sunstein. He is a great professor even when ocasionally I don't agree with him.
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Title: Democracy and Distrust by John Hart Ely ISBN: 0674196376 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 1981 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: We the People: Foundations by Bruce Ackerman ISBN: 0674948416 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice by Derrick A. Bell, Derek Bell ISBN: 046500329X Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: March, 1989 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: Desperately Seeking Certainty: The Misguided Quest for Constitutional Foundations by Daniel A. Farber, Suzanna Sherry ISBN: 0226238083 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict by Cass R. Sunstein ISBN: 0195118049 Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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