Living originalism
By: Jack M. Balkin
Publisher: Harvard University Press; Belknap Press of Harvard University Press; Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press; Belknap Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780674061781
Subjects: Philosophy; Origin (Philosophy); Constitutional law; Law; Interpretation and construction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fidelity to text and principle; title: Framework originalism; title: Why original meaning?; title: Basic law, higher law, our law; title: Constitutional faith and constitutional redemption; title: Originalisms; title: Precedents and pragmatic exceptions; title: Construction; title: A platform for persuasion; title: Commerce; title: Privileges or immunities; title: Equality before the law; title: Texts and principles; title: Change; title: Rethinking living constitutionalism; title: Change and legitimacy.