FLEXIBLE DISTORTIONS OF AMERICAN LAW, OR HOW ST. PAUL AND ST. JOHN INFLUENCE FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL POLICY

Authors

  • Richard H Weisberg Cardozo Law School - NY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v59i2.37560

Keywords:

American law. Flexible misreadings. Interpretive limits. US Constitution.

Abstract

This article aims to demonstrate how to preserve the possibility of a laudable change within interpretive limits, through the gradual restoration of five flexible misreadings of the US Constitution.

Author Biography

Richard H Weisberg, Cardozo Law School - NY

Walter Floerhsheimer Professor of Constitutional Law at Benjamin L. Cardozo Law School, NY.

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Published

2014-08-31

How to Cite

Weisberg, R. H. (2014). FLEXIBLE DISTORTIONS OF AMERICAN LAW, OR HOW ST. PAUL AND ST. JOHN INFLUENCE FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL POLICY. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito UFPR, 59(2), 9–30. https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v59i2.37560

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Artigos

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