Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Harvard law Review
Publication Date
1992
Page Number
918
Disciplines
Law
Abstract
We the People is an ambitious book by one of our best constitutional theorists. Part one of a projected three-volume series, it aims at nothing less than a re-envisioning of American constitutional history and promises a new synthesis of law, politics, and history. Ackerman weaves an intriguing story about who we are and who we might be as a people. Unfortunately, Ackerman's tale fails to inspire, because it is mired in a fictional past and envisions a utopian future. In addition, the book ultimately raises more questions than it answers because it provides inadequate criteria to identify the moments in the past that have special constitutional importance.
Recommended Citation
Suzanna Sherry,
The Ghost of Liberalism Past, 105 Harvard law Review. 918
(1992)
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