Title: The constitution & the pride of reason
First published: 1998
Description: Observing that standard accounts of constitutional law - both the "conservative" and "liberal" varieties - have lost their power to illuminate, The Constitution and the Pride of Reason explores how constitutional law hangs together (and how it falls apart) by investigating the perennial claim that the Constitution and its interpretation somehow embody a commitment to governance by "reason". What does this claim mean, and is it valid?

In confronting these queries, Smith offers revealing and iconoclastic assessments of constitutionalists ranging from Madison and Jefferson to Dworkin and Bork. Also detailed in these pages is a provocative overview of the whole constitutional project, from its noble aspirations to its tragic failures.
Subjects: Law and politics, Reason, Constitutional law, Constitutional law, united states, Law, political aspects, Political aspects, Law
Places: United States
LC classification: KF4552 .S63 1998