| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 248 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Inalienable rights series
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Inalienable rights series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Constitution's vision and values -- Judicial interpretation of the Constitution -- Equality -- Freedom of speech -- Promoting the general welfare -- Separation of powers -- Democracy -- Criminal justice -- Liberty -- Progress and possibilities. |
| 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 fo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Constitutional law -- United States.
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Constitutional law. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Karlan, Pamela S.
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Schroeder, Christopher H.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Liu, Goodwin. Keeping faith with the Constitution. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010 9780199738779 (DLC) 2009047949 (OCoLC)467926151 |
| ISBN |
9780199750665 (electronic book) |
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0199750661 (electronic book) |
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9780199738779 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0199738777 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612702785 |
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