The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution: Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of American Democracy
Fishkin, Joseph; Forbath, William E.
Language: English
Published by Harvard University Press, 2022
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A Landmark Reconstruction of American Constitutional Thought. Revisit the foundational debate of American constitutionalism with this groundbreaking work of political and legal theory from Harvard University Press. Authors Joseph Fishkin and William E. Forbath restore a forgotten tradition in American legal thought: the "democracy-of-opportunity" tradition, which holds that extreme economic inequality threatens the survival of a constitutional republic. They argue persuasively that the U.S. Constitution imposes a affirmative duty on government to prevent oligarchy and build a robust, broad-based middle class. Academic & Legal Significance: Essential reading for constitutional scholars, legal historians, political theorists, and policy researchers. This volume bridges the gap between constitutional law and political economy, offering a bold new blueprint for contemporary legal reform. Bibliographic Detail: First Edition / First Printing (2022). Published by Harvard University Press. Hardcover format. ISBN-10: 067498062X / ISBN-13: 9780674980624. Condition Report: Dust Jacket: Present with noticeable surface soiling and general shelf wear consistent with handling. Graphics and typography remain bold and completely legible. Binding & Boards: Hardcover cloth boards are square and structurally sound. The outer edges and extremities are heavily rubbed from storage and shelf movement. Interior & Text Block: The interior text block is exceptionally clean, white, and completely unmarked—entirely free from student notes, margin ink, highlighting, or dog-eared pages. The binding is firm and tight. An authentic, clean-texted working copy of a monumental text in modern legal and constitutional scholarship. …
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- Title
- The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution: Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of American Democracy
- Author
- Fishkin, Joseph; Forbath, William E.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 067498062X
- ISBN 13
- 9780674980624
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- 3 pounds
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- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
A bold call to reclaim an American tradition that argues the Constitution imposes a duty on government to fight oligarchy and ensure broadly shared wealth.
Oligarchy is a threat to the American republic. When too much economic and political power is concentrated in too few hands, we risk losing the “republican form of government” the Constitution requires. Today, courts enforce the Constitution as if it had almost nothing to say about this threat. But as Joseph Fishkin and William Forbath show in this revolutionary retelling of constitutional history, a commitment to prevent oligarchy once stood at the center of a robust tradition in American political and constitutional thought.
Fishkin and Forbath demonstrate that reformers, legislators, and even judges working in this “democracy-of-opportunity” tradition understood that the Constitution imposes a duty on legislatures to thwart oligarchy and promote a broad distribution of wealth and political power. These ideas led Jacksonians to fight special economic privileges for the few, Populists to try to break up monopoly power, and Progressives to fight for the constitutional right to form a union. During Reconstruction, Radical Republicans argued in this tradition that racial equality required breaking up the oligarchy of the Slave Power and distributing wealth and opportunity to former slaves and their descendants. President Franklin Roosevelt and the New Dealers built their politics around this tradition, winning the fight against the “economic royalists” and “industrial despots.”
But today, as we enter a new Gilded Age, this tradition in progressive American economic and political thought lies dormant. The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution begins the work of recovering it and exploring its profound implications for our deeply unequal society and badly damaged democracy.
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About the Author
William E. Forbath holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law and is Associate Dean for Research at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement.
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