The Unpredictable Constitution

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Norman Dorsen 1 Government Benefits: A New Look at an Old Gift Horse 7 Patricia M. Wald 2 Racism in American and South African Courts: Similarities and Differences 26 A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. 3 Portia’s Progress 57 Sandra Day O’Connor 4 Speaking in a Judicial Voice 71 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 5 Beyond “Reasonable Doubt” 101 Jon O. Newman 6 The Death Penalty in America: Can Justice Be Done? 128 Betty B. Fletcher 7 To Err Is Human, but Not Always Harmless: When Should Legal Error Be Tolerated? 147 Harry T. Edwards 8 How James Madison Interpreted the Constitution 190 Richard S. Arnold 9 Against Constitutional Theory 217 Richard A. Posner 10 The Anatomy of an Execution: Fairness versus “Process” 239 Stephen Reinhardt 11 Women and the Constitution: Where We Are at the End of the Century 283 Martha Craig Daughtrey 12 Sovereignty in Comparative Perspective: Constitutionalism in Britain and America 309 Lord Irvine of Lairg Contributors 335 Index 337 vi Contents ...