New Releases by Cass R Sunstein

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When you want to update materials for your Constitutional Law class, be sure to review this new case supplement. Taking the integrated approach of interspersing policy, legal theory, and philosophical nuances with traditional doctrinal material, this team of expert authors brings you the very latest cases and materials to enliven your course. This 1999 Case Supplement offers you: the insight of high-profile authors who are experts in the field the most current Supreme Court cases updated problems the flexibility to be used with a wide variety of materials, including the authors'' new casebook on the First Amendment The Supplement covers topics taught in the traditional Constitutional Law course including: the role of the Supreme Court in the constitutional scheme the powers of Congress judicial efforts to protect the expansion of the market against assertions of local power the distribution of national power equality And The Constitution implied fundamental rights freedom of expression the Constitution and religion the Constitution, baselines, And The problem of private power To show your studens the most recent applications of the principless of constitutional law, be sure to use this throrough, high-quality supplement.

This work presents a conception of the relationship between free markets and social justice. It covers topics such as the appropriate role of existing "preferences", the importance of social norms, the question whether human goods are commensurable, and issues of distributional equity.

Freedom of speech is one of our greatest legal rights and Cass Sunstein is one of our greatest legal theorists. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to think seriously about the free speech issues facing this generation. -- Akhil Amar, Southmayd Professor, Yale Law School This is an important book. Beautifully clear and carefully argued, Sunstein''s contribution reaches well beyond the confines of academic debate. It will be of interest to any citizen concerned about freedom of speech and the current state of American democracy. -- Joshua Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology How can our constitutional protection of free speech serve to strengthen democracy? Cass Sunstein challenges conventional answers with a remarkable array of lucid arguments and legal examples. There is no better book on the subject. -- Amy Gutmann, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor, Princeton University

This was not always the case, as Sunstein demonstrates; nor was it the intention of the country''s founders. Instead, the Constitution often served as a catalyst for public deliberation about its general terms and aspirations - and Sunstein makes a strong case for reviving this broader understanding of the Constitution''s role.

In the twentieth century, American society has experienced a "rights revolution": a commitment by the national government to promote a healthful environment, safe products, freedom from discrimination, and other rights unknown to the founding generation. This development has profoundly affected constitutional democracy by skewing the original understanding of checks and balances, federalism, and individual rights. Cass Sunstein tells us how it is possible to interpret and reform this regulatory state regime in a way that will enhance freedom and welfare while remaining faithful to constitutional commitments. Sunstein vigorously defends government regulation against Reaganite/Thatcherite attacks based on free-market economics and pre-New Deal principles of private right. Focusing on the important interests in clean air and water, a safe workplace, access to the air waves, and protection against discrimination, he shows that regulatory initiatives have proved far superior to an approach that relies solely on private enterprise. Sunstein grants that some regulatory regimes have failed and calls for reforms that would amount to an American perestroika: a restructuring that embraces the use of government to further democratic goals but that insists on the decentralization and productive potential of private markets. Sunstein also proposes a theory of interpretation that courts and administrative agencies could use to secure constitutional goals and to improve the operation of regulatory programs. From this theory he seeks to develop a set of principles that would synthesize the modern regulatory state with the basic premises of the American constitutional system. Teachers of law, policymakers and political scientists, economists and historians, and a general audience interested in rights, regulation, and government will find this book an essential addition to their libraries.