Living originalism /
Originalism and living constitutionalism, often seen as opposing views, are not in conflict. So argues Jack Balkin, a leading constitutional scholar, in this long-awaited book. Step by step, Balkin shows how both liberals and conservatives play important roles in constitutional construction, and off...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Fidelity
- Fidelity to text and principle
- Framework originalism
- Why original meaning?
- Basic law, higher law, our law
- Constitutional faith and constitutional redemption
- Originalisms
- Precedents and pragmatic exceptions
- II. Construction
- A platform for persuasion
- Commerce
- Privileges or immunities
- Equality before the law
- Texts and principles
- III. Change
- Rethinking living constitutionalism
- Change and legitimacy.