The American Constitution and the Debate over Originalism

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The American Constitution and the Debate over Originalism Dennis J.The American Constitution and ... Textbook Goldford
Type:	eBook
Released:	2005
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Page Count:	319
Format:	pdf
Language:	English
ISBN-10:	0521845580
ISBN-13:	9780521845588

Located at the intersection of law, political science, philosophy, and literary theory, this book explores the nature of American constitutional interpretation through a reconsideration of the long-standing debate between the interpretive theories of originalism and nonoriginalism. It traces that debate to a particular set of premises about the nature of language, interpretation, and objectivity, premises that raise the specter of unconstrained, unstructured constitutional interpretation that has haunted contemporary constitutional theory.