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Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Pages
409

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Subjects
Law, Constitutional law, Language, Constitutional law, united states, Law, language
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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, 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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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Dewey Decimal Class
342.73
Library of Congress
KF4550 .M33 2010, KF4550.M33 2010

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xvi, 409 p. ;
Number of pages
409

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OL24408517M
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0521192897, 0521140919
ISBN 13
9780521192897, 9780521140911
LCCN
2009039190
OCLC/WorldCat
439903862, 696015127

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