Keeping faith with the Constitution / Goodwin Liu, Pamela S. Karlan, Christopher H. Schroeder.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

KF4550.Z9 L578 2010

9780199738779 (cloth : alk. paper)
0199738777 (cloth : alk. paper)

xxi, 248 pages ; 22 cm.

(OCoLC)467926151

Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution 'requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated.' This work argues that to preserve the meaning & authority of the document it must be shaped by evolving precedent, historical experience, practical consequence & societal change.

Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution 'requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated.' This work argues that to preserve the meaning & authority of the document it must be shaped by evolving precedent, historical experience, practical consequence & societal change.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-237) and index.

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