Constitutional calculus the math of justice and the myth of common sense / Jeff Suzuki.

Author/creator Suzuki, Jeff
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Description280 pages ; 23 cm
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Subjects

Contents Prologue: condorcet's dream -- The articles of the constitution -- Stand up and be estimated -- (Nearly) equal representation -- Weighting for a fair vote -- The impossibility of democracy -- Dragons and dummymanders -- The worst way to elect a president, except for all the rest -- The Bill of Rights -- Stop and frisk : the inefficiency of racism -- Reverend thomas bayes and the law -- "The man of statistics" -- Despair over disparity -- Once is an accident-- -- 6 5 10 n-angry men -- The peril and promise of social network analysis -- Strikes for three strikes -- The price of punishment -- Epilogue: the constitutional equation -- Notes -- Selected topical bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014014600
ISBN9781421415956 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN142141595X (hardcover : alk. paper)

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