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The Constitution As An Obstacle To Government Ethics - Reformist Legislation After National Treasury Employees Union, George D. Brown
The Constitution As An Obstacle To Government Ethics - Reformist Legislation After National Treasury Employees Union, George D. Brown
William & Mary Law Review
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Treading On Sacred Ground: Congress's Power To Subject White House Advisers To Senate Confirmation, Douglas S. Onley
Treading On Sacred Ground: Congress's Power To Subject White House Advisers To Senate Confirmation, Douglas S. Onley
William & Mary Law Review
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Democracy And Feminism , Tracy E. Higgins
Democracy And Feminism , Tracy E. Higgins
Faculty Scholarship
Although feminist legal theory has had an important impact on most areas of legal doctrine and theory over the last two decades, its contribution to the debate over constitutional interpretation has been comparatively small. In this Article, Professor Higgins explores reasons for the limited dialogue between mainstream constitutional theory and feminist theory concerning questions of democracy, constitutionalism, and judicial review. She argues that mainstream constitutional theory tends to take for granted the capacity of the individual to make choices, leaving the social construction of those choices largely unexamined. In contrast, feminist legal theory's emphasis on the importance of constraints on …