The language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism
By: Gary L. McDowell.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521192897; 9780521140911
Subjects: Constitutional law -- United States; Law -- United States -- Language; Constitutional law -- Interpretation and construction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The politics of original intention; title: The Constitution and the scholarly tradition : recovering the founders' constitution; title: Nature and the language of law : Thomas Hobbes and the foundations of modern constitutionalism; title: Language, law, and liberty : John Locke and the structures of modern constitutionalism; title: The limits of natural law : modern constitutionalism and the science of interpretation; title: The greatest improvement on political institutions : natural rights, written constitutions and the intention of the people; title: Chains of the Constitution : Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and the political metaphysics of strict construction; title: The most sacred rule of interpretation : John Marshall, originalism, and the limits of judicial power; title: The same yesterday, to-day, and forever : Joseph Story and the permanence of constitutional meaning; title: Epilogue: The moral foundations of originalism.