The language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism / Gary L. McDowell.
2010
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Title
The language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism / Gary L. McDowell.
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Call Number
KF4550 .M33 2010
ISBN
9780521192897 (hbk.)
0521192897 (hbk.)
9780521140911 (pbk.)
0521140919 (pbk.)
0521192897 (hbk.)
9780521140911 (pbk.)
0521140919 (pbk.)
Description
xvi, 409 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)439903862
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction: The Politics of Original Intention
1
1.
The Constitution and the Scholarly Tradition: Recovering the Founders' Constitution
9
2.
Nature and the Language of Law: Thomas Hobbes and the Foundations of Modern Constitutionalism
55
3.
Language, Law, and Liberty: John Locke and the Structures of Modern Constitutionalism
82
4.
The Limits of Natural Law: Modern Constitutionalism and the Science of Interpretation
169
5.
The Greatest Improvement on Political Institutions: Natural Rights, the Intentions of the People, and Written Constitutions
225
6.
Chains of the Constitution: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the "Political Metaphysics" of Strict Construction
252
7.
The Most Sacred Rule of Interpretation: John Marshall, Originalism, and the Limits of Judicial Power
311
8.
The Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever: Joseph Story and the Permanence of Constitutional Meaning
343
Epilogue: The Moral Foundations of Originalism
379
Index of Cases
401
General Index
403