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1 online resource (238 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The undeniable appeal of originalism -- The meaning of originalism -- The materials of originalism -- Originalism before the Warren Court -- Originalism since the Warren Court -- Evaluating the Supreme Court's use of history -- Justices of originalism -- Ideology and Supreme Court decisions -- The intersection of ideology and originalism. |
| Summary |
Originalism is an enormously popular-and equally criticized-theory of constitutional interpretation. As Elena Kagan stated at her confirmation hearing, ""We are all originalists."" Scores of articles have been written on whether the Court should use originalism, and some have examined how the Court employed originalism in particular cases, but no one has studied the overall practice of originalism. The primary point of this book is an examination of the degree to which originalism influences the Court's decisions. Frank B. Cross tests this by examining whether originalism appears t. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Supreme Court.
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United States. Supreme Court. |
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United States. Supreme Court. |
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Constitutional law -- United States.
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Constitutional law. |
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United States. |
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Law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction.
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Law. |
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Electronic books.
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Law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Cross, Frank B. Failed promise of originalism. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013 (DLC) 2012015153 |
| ISBN |
9780804784696 (electronic book) |
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0804784698 (electronic book) |
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9780804783828 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780804785075 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0804783829 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0804785074 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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