| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 150 pages) |
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Inalienable rights series |
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Inalienable rights series.
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Introduction: do we want a living constitution? -- Originalism and its sins -- The common law -- Freedom of speech and the living constitution -- Brown v. Board of Education and innovation in the living constitution (with a note on Roe v. Wade) -- The role of the written constitution: common ground and Jefferson's problem -- Constitutional amendments and the living constitution |
| Summary |
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once remarked that the theory of an evolving, "living" Constitution effectively "rendered the Constitution useless." He wanted a "dead Constitution," he joked, arguing it must be interpreted as the framers originally understood it. In The Living Constitution, leading constitutional scholar David Strauss forcefully argues against the claims of Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, and other "originalists," explaining in clear, jargon-free English how the Constitution can sensibly evolve, without falling into the anythi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Constitutional law -- United States.
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Law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction
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Common law -- United States -- Methodology
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Constitutional history -- United States.
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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Law -- Interpretation and construction
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Constitutional history
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Constitutional law
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Verfassung.
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Grundlagar -- Förenta staterna.
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Statsrätt -- Förenta staterna.
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United States
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USA.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009038237 |
| ISBN |
9780199703692 |
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0199703698 |
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1282543830 |
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9781282543836 |
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9786612543838 |
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6612543833 |
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9780199752539 |
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0199752532 |
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