The second bill of rights : FDR's unfinished revolution and why we need it more than ever
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0465083331
ISBN 13
9780465083336
DDC
342.7308
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2004
Publisher
Pages
viii, 294 pages
Subject
American Constitutional Law
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Abstract
"Using FDR's 1944 State of the Union Address as a starting point, the author delves deeply into the revolutionary mind that penned this remarkable declaration of economic rights and illuminates the demise of this ambitious program for reform in the wake of the president's death." - Voila
Description
Content:
Part I: Roosevelt -- The speech of the century -- The myth of laissez-faire -- Rights from wrongs : Roosevelt's constitutional order -- The birth of the second bill -- Part II: America -- A puzzle and an overview -- The oldest constitution on earth -- American culture and American exceptionalism -- America's pragmatic Constitution -- How the Supreme Court (almost) quietly adopted the second bill -- Part III: Constitutions and commitments -- Citizenship, opportunity, security -- Objections : against the second bill? -- The question of enforcement -- Epilogue: Roosevelt's incomplete triumph.
Part I: Roosevelt -- The speech of the century -- The myth of laissez-faire -- Rights from wrongs : Roosevelt's constitutional order -- The birth of the second bill -- Part II: America -- A puzzle and an overview -- The oldest constitution on earth -- American culture and American exceptionalism -- America's pragmatic Constitution -- How the Supreme Court (almost) quietly adopted the second bill -- Part III: Constitutions and commitments -- Citizenship, opportunity, security -- Objections : against the second bill? -- The question of enforcement -- Epilogue: Roosevelt's incomplete triumph.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
Number of Copies
1
