The living Constitution / David A. Strauss.

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Strauss, David A

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Inalienable rights seriesPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 150 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780199703692
0199703698
1282543830
9781282543836
9786612543838
6612543833
9780199752539
0199752532

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Living Constitution.DDC classification:

342.7302 22

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KF4550 .S78 2010eb

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342.7302 S912L

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KM72

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Contents:

Introduction: do we want a living constitution? -- Originalism and its sins -- The common law -- Freedom of speech and the living constitution -- Brown v. Board of Education and innovation in the living constitution (with a note on Roe v. Wade) -- The role of the written constitution: common ground and Jefferson's problem -- Constitutional amendments and the living constitution.

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Summary: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once remarked that the theory of an evolving, "living" Constitution effectively "rendered the Constitution useless." He wanted a "dead Constitution," he joked, arguing it must be interpreted as the framers originally understood it. In The Living Constitution, leading constitutional scholar David Strauss forcefully argues against the claims of Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, and other "originalists," explaining in clear, jargon-free English how the Constitution can sensibly evolve, without falling into the anythi.

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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once remarked that the theory of an evolving, "living" Constitution effectively "rendered the Constitution useless." He wanted a "dead Constitution," he joked, arguing it must be interpreted as the framers originally understood it. In The Living Constitution, leading constitutional scholar David Strauss forcefully argues against the claims of Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, and other "originalists," explaining in clear, jargon-free English how the Constitution can sensibly evolve, without falling into the anythi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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