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Constitutional Interpretation Textual Meaning, Original Intent, and Judicial Review

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ISBN-10: 070061141X

ISBN-13: 9780700611416

Edition: 1999

Authors: Keith E. Whittington

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Constitutional scholarship has deteriorated into a set of armed camps, with defenders of different theories of judicial review too often talking to their own supporters but not engaging their opponents. This book breaks free of the stalemate and reinvigorates the debate over how the judiciary should interpret the Constitution. Keith Whittington reconsiders the implications of the fundamental legal commitment to faithfully interpret our written Constitution. Making use of arguments drawn from American history, political philosophy, and literary theory, he examines what it means to interpret a written constitution and how the courts should go about that task. He concludes that when…    
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Book details

List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 9/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English