Constitutional Redemption : Political Faith in an Unjust World / Jack M. Balkin.
Balkin, Jack M., author.
2011
KF4550 .B256 2011
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Title Constitutional Redemption : Political Faith in an Unjust World / Jack M. Balkin.
Author Balkin, Jack M., author.
ISBN 9780674060814
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674060814
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2011]
Copyright ©2011
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (304 p.) : 1 table
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/harvard.9780674060814 doi
Call Number KF4550 .B256 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 342.73
Summary Political constitutions, hammered out by imperfect human beings in periods of intense political controversy, are always compromises with injustice. What makes the U.S. Constitution legitimate, argues this daring book, is Americans' enduring faith that the Constitution's promises can someday be redeemed, and the constitutional system be made "a more perfect union."A leading constitutional theorist, Balkin argues eloquently that the American constitutional project is based in faith, hope, and a narrative of shared redemption. Our belief that the Constitution will deliver us from evil shows in the stories we tell one another about where our country came from and where it is headed, and in the way we use these historical touchstones to justify our fervent (and opposed) political creeds. Because Americans have believed in a story of constitutional redemption, we have assumed the right to decide for ourselves what the Constitution means, and have worked to persuade others to set it on the right path. As a result, constitutional principles have often shifted dramatically over time. They are, in fact, often political compromises in disguise.What will such a Constitution become? We cannot know. But our belief in the legitimacy of the Constitution requires a leap of faith-a gamble on the ultimate vindication of a political project that has already survived many follies and near-catastrophes, and whose destiny is still over the horizon.
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Frontmatter
CONTENTS
1. FAITH AND STORY IN AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
2. JUST A STORY
3. LEGITIMACY AND FAITH
4. IDOLATRY AND FAITH
5. FIDELITY AND FAITH
6. THE LAW OF EQUALITY IS THE LAW OF IN EQUALITY
7. WRONG THE DAY IT WAS DECIDED
8. HOW I BECAME AN ORIGINALIST
NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX

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