Sunstein, Cass R.

The second bill of rights : FDR's unfinished revolution and why we need it more than ever / Cass R. Sunstein - New York : Basic Books , c2004. - viii, 294 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-280) and index.

The speech of the century -- The myth of laissez-faire -- Rights from wrongs : Roosevelt's constitutional order -- The birth of the second bill -- A puzzle and an overview -- The oldest constitution on earth -- American culture and American exceptionalism -- America's pragmatic Constitution -- How the Supreme Court (almost) quietly adopted the second bill -- Citizenship, opportunity, security -- Objections : against the second bill? -- The question of enforcement -- Epilogue: Roosevelt's incomplete triumph.

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