The Language of Law and the Foundations of American Constitutionalism
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For much of its history, the interpretation of the United States Constitution presupposed judges seeking the meaning of the text and the original intentions behind that text, a process that was deemed by Chief Justice John Marshall to be "the most sacred rule of interpretation." Since the end of the nineteenth century, a radically new understanding has developed in which the moral intuition of the judges is allowed to supplant the Constitution's original...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521140919
ISBN13:9780521140911
Release Date:June 2010
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:428 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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