Vermeule, Adrian

Common Good Constitutionalism

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ISBN 13:: 9781509548873
author:: Vermeule, Adrian
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Polity Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2022
Pages:: 270
Dimensions:: 21.4 x 13.6 x 1.8 centimetres (0
Genre:: Nonfiction, Law, Constitutional,
Condition:: New
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The American Constitution and its legal tradition have been shaped by two dominant approaches in recent decades: originalism and living constitutionalism. However, Adrian Vermeule suggests that an alternative approach has been present all along - one that conceives law as "a reasoned ordering to the common good." This perspective views law's purpose as promoting the goods a flourishing political community requires, such as justice, peace, prosperity, and morality. Vermeule argues that this legacy of classical legal tradition has been lost in American public law, despite still being implicit within it. He makes a compelling case for its recovery in the form of "common good constitutionalism," which he believes can provide a more nuanced understanding of the Constitution's role in society. This book is a significant contribution to America's most pressing contemporary legal debate and offers a profound insight into the nature of law that will resonate with scholars and students for years to come.

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