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Gary L. McDowell
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Cambridge University Press
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English

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Subjects
Constitutional law, Law, Language, Interpretation and construction
Places
United States

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Table of Contents

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, written constitutions and the intention of the people
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, to-day, and forever : Joseph Story and the permanence of constitutional meaning
Epilogue: The moral foundations of originalism.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
342.73
Library of Congress
KF4550 .M33 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23736284M
ISBN 13
9780521192897, 9780521140911
LCCN
2009039190

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