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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liu, Goodwin.

Contributor:

Karlan, Pamela S.

Schroeder, Christopher H.

Series:

Inalienable rights series.

Inalienable rights series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitution.

United States.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution ""requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated."" Ours is ""intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs."" In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been supplanted by originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed as it was in the eighteenth century--that judges must adhere to the original understandings of the founding law. In K

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: THE CONSTITUTION'S VISION AND VALUES; CHAPTER TWO: JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION; CHAPTER THREE: EQUALITY; CHAPTER FOUR: FREEDOM OF SPEECH; CHAPTER FIVE: PROMOTING THE GENERAL WELFARE; CHAPTER SIX: SEPARATION OF POWERS; CHAPTER SEVEN: DEMOCRACY; CHAPTER EIGHT: CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CHAPTER NINE: LIBERTY; CHAPTER TEN: PROGRESS AND POSSIBILITIES; THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-975283-4

1-282-70278-5

9786612702785

0-19-975066-1

OCLC:

650524786