عنوان

<The> language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism

9780521192897 (hbk.)

0521192897 (hbk.)

9780521140911 (pbk.)

0521140919 (pbk.)

90-366

انگلیسی

/ Gary L. McDowell.

; New York

: Cambridge University Press

, 2010.

xvi, 409 p.

; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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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