Keeping Faith with the Constitution

Name: Keeping Faith with the Constitution
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ISBN: 9780199738779

ISBN-10: 0199738777

ISBN-13: 9780199738779

Edition: 2010

Authors: Goodwin Liu, Pamela S. Karlan, Christopher H. Schroeder

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Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been supplanted by originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed as it was in the eighteenth century--that judges must adhere to the original understandings of the founding law. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They…

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List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/13/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Editor's Note


Introduction



The Constitution's Vision and Values



Judicial Interpretation of the Constitution



Equality



Freedom of Speech



Promoting the General Welfare



Separation of Powers



Democracy



Criminal Justice



Liberty



Progress and Possibilities


The Constitution of the United States


Notes


Index