The language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism
Introduction : The politics of original intention -- The Constitution and the scholarly tradition : recovering the founders' constitution -- Nature and the language of law : Thomas Hobbes and the foundations of modern constitutionalism -- Language, law, and liberty : John Locke and the structur...
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Cambridge u.a.
Cambridge Univ. Press
2010
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : The politics of original intention -- The Constitution and the scholarly tradition : recovering the founders' constitution -- Nature and the language of law : Thomas Hobbes and the foundations of modern constitutionalism -- Language, law, and liberty : John Locke and the structures of modern constitutionalism -- The limits of natural law : modern constitutionalism and the science of interpretation -- The greatest improvement on political institutions : natural rights, the intentions of the people, and written constitutions -- Chains of the Constitution : Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the "political metaphysics" of strict construction -- The most sacred rule of interpretation : John Marshall, originalism, and the limits of judicial power -- The same yesterday, today, and forever : Joseph Story and the permanence of constitutional meaning -- Epilogue: The moral foundations of originalism. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Beschreibung: | XVI, 409 S. 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0521140919 0-521-14091-9 0521192897 0-521-19289-7 9780521140911 978-0-521-14091-1 9780521192897 978-0-521-19289-7 |