Originalism in American Law and Politics
Subtitle: A Constitutional History (The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780801887604
Subjects: Constitutional & administrative law; Political Science; History - U.S.; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Politics/International Relations; USA; Constitutional; Government - Judicial Branch; Government - U.S. Government; History / United States / General; Law / Constitutional; Political Science : Government - Judicial Branch; Political Science : Government - U.S. Government; Constitutions; Government - General; United States - General
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.