Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy: Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness

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Title

Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy: Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness

Description

This thought-provoking book by Brian Christopher Jones entitled Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy begins by retelling the moment when, during the highly disputed election period of 2016 in the United States of America, an elector waived his pocket-sized US Constitution before Donald Trump. The gesture was a symbol. A silent but taunting manifestation against the president-to-be, and his supposed lack of understanding of the nation’s ‘most sacred values and principles’ (p. 1). The whole scene and the events that followed (including the spike in sales of pocket-version constitutions) were an expression of a deeper sentiment common to, but not exclusive of, the United States of America: constitutional idolatry.

Creator

Saeger M Costa, Renato

Source

The University of Queensland Law Journal; Vol. 40 No. 2 (2021): The University of Queensland Law Journal; 301-305
1839-289X
0083-4041

Publisher

The University of Queensland School of Law

Date

2021-06-29

Rights

Copyright (c) 2021 The University of Queensland Law Journal

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Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Book review

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Citation

Saeger M Costa, Renato, Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy: Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness, The University of Queensland School of Law, 2021, accessed November 4, 2024, http://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/2660

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