How to Read the Constitution

Originalism, Constitutional Interpretation, and Judicial Power

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

Prominent constitutional scholar Christopher Wolfe challenges popular opinions by presenting an insightful and well-supported defense of originalist interpretations of the Constitution. He describes the traditional approach to constitutional interpretation and judicial review and then focuses his analysis on the due process clause, which has become the source of most modern constitutional law. Wolfe challenges the most influential defenders of judicial activism, including Laurence Tribe, Michael Dorf, Harry Wellington, and Mark Tushnet, and he persuasively explains the dire political consequences of taking the Constitution out of constitutional law.

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Utgivningsdatum:1996-07-28
Mått:151 x 230 x 19 mm
Vikt:367 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780847682355

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Christopher Wolfe is professor of political science at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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How to Read the Constitution is the mature reflections of one of America's leading constitutional theorists and, in my view, the pre-eminent defender of an 'originalist' approach to constitutional review by courts. Wolfe is in full bloom.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 IntroductionPart 3 Part I: The Founding and Constitutional InterpretationChapter 4 How to Read and Interpret the ConstitutionChapter 5 The Original Meaning of the Due Process ClauseChapter 6 Between Scylla and Charybdis: Powell and Berger on the Framers and Original IntentionPart 7 Part II: Twentieth-Century Judicial Power: Practice and TheoryChapter 8 How the Constitution Was Taken Out of Constitutional LawChapter 9 The Result-Oriented Adjudicator's Guide to Constitutional, Law I: Laurence Tribe and Michael DorfChapter 10 Law II: Harry WellingtonChapter 11 Grand Theories and Ambiguous Republican Critique: Mark Tushnet on Contemporary Constitutional LawChapter 12 Constitutional Interpretation and PrecedentChapter 13 NotesChapter 14 Index