A debt against the living an introduction to originalism
Thomas Jefferson famously wrote that the earth belongs to the living. His letter to James Madison is often quoted for the proposition that we should not be bound to the 'dead hand of the past', suggesting that the Constitution should instead be interpreted as a living, breathing document....
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The Origins of Originalism
- The Meaning of Meaning
- Constitutional Legitimacy
- The Founders on Founding
- Interpreting the Constitution
- Lawyers as Historians
- Brown v. Board and Originalism
- A Coda on Nonoriginalisms
- Epilogue