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The second bill of rights : FDR's unfinished revolution and why we need it more than ever
Title:
The second bill of rights : FDR's unfinished revolution and why we need it more than ever
Author:
Sunstein, Cass R.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, [2004]

©2004
Physical Description:
294 pages ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The speech of the century -- The myth of laissez-faire -- Rights from wrongs : Roosevelt's constitution -- The emergence of the second bill -- A puzzle and an overview -- The oldest constitution on earth -- American exceptionalism and American culture -- America's pragmatic Constitution -- How the Supreme Court (almost) quietly adopted the second bill -- Citizenship, opportunity, security -- Objections : against the second bill? -- The question of enforcement -- Roosevelt's incomplete triumph.
ISBN:
9780465083329
Format :
Book