Holy writ
Subtitle: interpretation in law and religion
By: edited by Arie-Jan Kwak.
Contributors: Kwak, Arie-Jan.
Series: Applied legal philosophy
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754678960; 9780754697671
Subjects: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Constitutional law; Law -- Interpretation and construction; Constitutional law -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: E pluribus unum: constitutional interpretation and federalism / Antonin Scalia; title: Antonin Scalia's textualism in philosophy, theology, and judicial interpretation of the constitution / Herman Philipse; title: "Not an iota, not a dot will pass from the law" : on religious and legal interpretation / Willem B. Drees; title: Hard cases in scripture : a reflection on legal and religious interpretation / Paul Cliteur; title: Why originalism ought to be in the game outside the U.S. as well : the case of unenumerated rights / Tom Zwart; title: How to handle a living constitution? / Hans Nieuwenhuis; title: Living originalism, on the compatibility of framers' meaning with the constitution / Hendrik Kaptein; title: Dead or alive : authority and objectivity in law / Arie-Jan Kwak.