TY  - BOOK
AU  - CHEMERINSKY,ERWIN
TI  - Worse than nothing : : the dangerous fallacy of originalism 
SN  - 9780300273984
AV  - KF 4546 .C517w 2022
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - United States
KW  - Law
KW  - Interpretation and construction
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -