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The American Constitution and the Debate over Originalism (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R897
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The American Constitution and the Debate over Originalism (Paperback, New): Dennis J. Goldford

The American Constitution and the Debate over Originalism (Paperback, New)

Dennis J. Goldford

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Located at the intersection of law, political science, philosophy, and literary theory, this is a work of constitutional theory that explores the nature of American constitutional interpretation through a reconsideration of the long-standing debate between the interpretive theories of originalism and nonoriginalism. It traces that debate to a particular set of premises about the nature of language, interpretation, and objectivity, premises that raise the specter of unconstrained, unstructured constitutional interpretation that has haunted contemporary constitutional theory. It presents the novel argument that a critique of the underlying premises of originalism dissolves not just originalism but nonoriginalism as well, which leads to the recognition that constitutional interpretation is already and always structured. It makes this argument in terms of the first principle of the American political system: by their fidelity to the Constitution, Americans are a textual people in that they live in and through the terms of a fundamental text.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2005
First published: 2005
Authors: Dennis J. Goldford
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 318
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-60779-7
Categories: Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General
LSN: 0-521-60779-5
Barcode: 9780521607797

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