| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 305 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction / Bradley C.S. Watson -- Original meaning and responsible citizenship / Edward Whelan -- 'Common-sense constitutionalism': why constitutional structure matters for Justice Scalia / Ralph A. Rossum -- Judicial usurpation: perennial temptation, contemporary challenge / Robert P. George -- Authority doctrines and the proper judicial role: judicial supremacy, stare decisis, and the concept of judicial constitutional violations / Jack Wade Nowlin -- Freedom questions, political questions: republicanism and the myth of a 'Bill of Rights' / Matthew J. Franck -- Confirmations to the Court in time turned mean: a strategy for the hearings / Hadley Arkes -- The Supreme Court and changing social mores / Christopher Wolfe -- Originalism and political thought -- The devil's pitchfork: scientism, human nature, and modern constitutional thought / Robert Lowry Clinton -- A constitution to die for? Congressional authority to raise an army / Stanley C. Brubaker -- Neoconservatives and the courts: the public interest, 1965-1980 / Kenneth I. Kersch |
| Summary |
Arguments over constitutional interpretation increasingly highlight the full range of political, moral, and cultural fault lines in American society. Yet all the contending parties claim fealty to the Constitution. This volume brings together some of America's leading scholars of constitutional originalism to reflect on the nature and significance of various approaches to constitutional interpretation and controversies. Throughout the book, the contributors highlight the moral and political dimensions ofconstitutional interpretation. In doing so, they bring constitutional interpretation and it |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Constitutional law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction
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Judicial review -- United States
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Law -- Political aspects -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
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LAW -- Legal Services.
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LAW -- Civil Procedure.
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Constitutional law
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Judicial review
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Law -- Political aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Watson, Bradley C. S., 1961-
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| ISBN |
9780739136331 |
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073913633X |
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