Originalism in American Law and Politics
Subtitle: A Constitutional History (The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: June 7, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780801881114
Subjects: Constitutional & administrative law; Political Science; History; Government - General; United States; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Politics/International Relations; USA; Interpretation and constructio; Constitutional; Government - Judicial Branch; Government - U.S. Government; History / United States / General; Constitutions; United States - General; Constitutional history; Interpretation and construction; Law
First sentence: Before the triumph of modern judicial power in the twentieth century, constitutional interpretation was understood as the ascertainment and application of the fixed, unchanging meaning of the written Constitution.