01707cam a2200313 4500 on1375059162 OCoLC 20260928152021.0 260318s2022 0|1 0 eng d 9780300273984 paperback (OCoLC)1375059162 prpcul cicg KF 4546 .C517w 2022 CHEMERINSKY, ERWIN. author. Worse than nothing : the dangerous fallacy of originalism / Erwin Chemerisnsky. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2022. xiii, 248 pages ; 22 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface -- Chapter 1: The Rise of Originalism -- Chapter 2: The Allure of Originalism -- Chapter 3: The Epistemological Problem -- Chapter 4: The Incoherence Problem -- Chapter 5: The Abhorrence Problem -- Chapter 6: The Modernity Problem -- Chapter 7: The Hypocrisy Problem -- Chapter 8: In Defense of Non-Originalism -- Chapter 9: We Should Be Afraid -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index 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 Constitutional law Philosophy United States. Law Interpretation and construction United States. 150 lcc 6 305938 305938 0 0 lcc 0 0 7 7 4 2026-04-06 Caribbean Library Consulting Corp. 34.99 159552 0 KF 4546 .C517w 2022 70000000906290 2026-07-28 15:05:00 c. 1 34.99 2026-04-06 6