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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Our undemocratic constitution
  title info:
    sub title: where the constitution goes wrong (and how we the people can correct it)
  title info: title
  name:
    name part: Levinson, Sanford
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Sanford Levinson
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    place:
      place term: Oxford,New York
    publisher: Oxford University Press
    date issued: 2006
    date issued: 9999
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: und
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: ix, 231 p.
    extent: 24 cm
  abstract: Levinson argues that too many of our Constitution's provisions promote either unjust or ineffective government. Under the existing blueprint, we can neither rid ourselves of incompetent presidents nor assure continuity of government following catastrophic attacks. Less important, perhaps, but certainly problematic, is the appointment of Supreme Court judges for life. Adding insult to injury, the United States Constitution is the most difficult to amend or update of any constitution currently existing in the world today. Democratic debate leaves few stones unturned, but we tend to take our basic constitutional structures for granted. Levinson boldly challenges the American people to undertake a long overdue public discussion on how they might best reform this most hallowed document and construct a constitution adequate to our democratic values
  note: Sanford Levinson
  note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and index
  subject:
    topic: Constitutional law; Law reform
  classification: 342.7302
  classification: S105
  identifier: 0195307518
  identifier: 9780195307511
  record info:
    record creation date: 210423
    record identifier: TVU_12006