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Category : Air Force law
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
The Air Force Law Review
Author: Keeping Faith with the Constitution
Author: Goodwin LiuPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752834
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
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 challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
American and British Claims Arbitration
Author: View of the Constitution of the United States
Author: St. George TuckerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780865972001
Category : Common law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
St. George Tucker's View of the Constitution, published in 1803, was the first extended, systematic commentary on the United States Constitution after its ratification. Generations learned their Blackstone and their understanding of the Constitution through Tucker. Clyde N. Wilson is Professor of History and editor of The Papers of John C. Calhoun at the University of South Carolina. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.
South Carolina Digest, 1783-1886
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
The Works of Jeremy Bentham: Constitutional code
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher:
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Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
The Compiled Statutes of the State of Nebraska. 1881
Author: NebraskaThe Compiled Statutes in Force in the District of Columbia
Author: District of ColumbiaPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Author: United States
Author: Jeremy Bentham