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Originalism in American law and politics : a constitutional history / Johnathan O'Neill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Neill, Johnathan G. (Johnathan George)
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought.
- Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Law--United States--Interpretation and construction--History.
- Law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, MD ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- Drawing on constitutional commentary and treatises, Supreme Court and lower federal court opinions, congressional hearings, and scholarly monographs, O'Neill's work will be valuable to historians, academic lawyers, and political scientists.
- Contents:
- From textual originalism to modern judicial power
- Modern judicial power and the process/restraint tradition
- The return of originalist analysis in the Warren Court era
- At the crossroads : the originalist idea in post-Warren Court politics and jurisprudence
- Raoul Berger and the restoration of originalism
- Originalism in the era of Ronald Reagan
- Robert Bork and the trial of originalism
- Originalism in the 1990's : the transformation of academic theory and the limitations of practice.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9604-5
- OCLC:
- 923194820
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