Constitutional structure and purposes : critical commentary / Michael Conant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conant, Michael.

Series:

Contributions in legal studies 0147-1074 ; no. 98.

Contributions in legal studies, 0147-1074 ; no. 98

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court--Decision making.

United States.

United States. Supreme Court.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Decision making.

Legal certainty.

Physical Description:

172 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.

Summary:

Emphasizes the failures of the justices to consider constitutional structure and the original meaning of language in context.

Contents:

1 Constitutional Structure and Purposes: Epistemological Critique of Judicial Reasoning 5

2 The Slave Trade at the Constitutional Convention: The Commerce Clause and the Limited Political Horizon of Delegates 33

3 Compromise Opinions on the Equal Protection Clause: Racial Caste System in Plessy and Brown 53

4 Misconstruction of the Commerce Clause and the Sherman Act: The Baseball Antitrust Cases 89

5 Federalism under the Commerce Clause: United States v. Lopez 111

6 State Police Power Limited by the Bill of Rights: The Flag Salute Cases 127

7 Defining Freedom of Speech: The Flag Desecration Cases 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0313316694

OCLC:

43951873