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100	1		_aMcDowell, Gary L., _d1949-
245	1	4	_aThe language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism / _cGary L. McDowell.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_axvi, 409 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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.
650		0	_aConstitutional law _zUnited States.
650		0	_aLaw _zUnited States _xLanguage.
650		0	_aConstitutional law.
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