CHEMERINSKY, ERWIN.

Worse than nothing : the dangerous fallacy of originalism / Erwin Chemerisnsky. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2022. - xiii, 248 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Chapter 1: Chapter 2: Chapter 3: Chapter 4: Chapter 5: Chapter 6: Chapter 7: Chapter 8: Chapter 9: Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index The Rise of Originalism -- The Allure of Originalism -- The Epistemological Problem -- The Incoherence Problem -- The Abhorrence Problem -- The Modernity Problem -- The Hypocrisy Problem -- In Defense of Non-Originalism -- We Should Be Afraid --

Originalism, once a fringe theory, has become an accepted mode of constitutional interpretation in the U.S. court system. Erwin Chemerinsky reveals how it is inherently flawed, incoherent, and—though touted as politically neutral and objective—dangerously ideological. --Back cover

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Constitutional law--Philosophy--United States.
Law--Interpretation and construction--United States.

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