TY  - BOOK
AU  - McDowell,Gary L.
TI  - The language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism
SN  - 9780521192897 (hbk.)
AV  - KF4550 .M33 2010
U1  - 342.73 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - United States
KW  - Law
KW  - Language
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction : The politics of original intention -- The Constitution and the scholarly tradition : recovering the founders' constitution -- Nature and the language of law : Thomas Hobbes and the foundations of modern constitutionalism -- Language, law, and liberty : John Locke and the structures of modern constitutionalism -- The limits of natural law : modern constitutionalism and the science of interpretation -- The greatest improvement on political institutions : natural rights, the intentions of the people, and written constitutions -- Chains of the Constitution : Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the "political metaphysics" of strict construction -- The most sacred rule of interpretation : John Marshall, originalism, and the limits of judicial power -- The same yesterday, today, and forever : Joseph Story and the permanence of constitutional meaning -- Epilogue: The moral foundations of originalism
ER  -