Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- The Language of Law and the Foundations of American Constitutionalism
- Introduction: The Politics of Original Intention
- 1 The Constitution and the Scholarly Tradition: Recovering the Founders' Constitution
- 2 Nature and the Language of Law: Thomas Hobbes and the Foundations of Modern Constitutionalism
- 3 Language, Law, and Liberty: John Locke and the Structures of Modern Constitutionalism
- 4 The Limits of Natural Law: Modern Constitutionalism and the Science of Interpretation
- 5 The Greatest Improvement on Political Institutions: Natural Rights, the Intentions of the People, and Written Constitutions
- 6 Chains of the Constitution: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the “Political Metaphysics” of Strict Construction
- 7 The Most Sacred Rule of Interpretation: John Marshall, Originalism, and the Limits of Judicial Power
- 8 The Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever: Joseph Story and the Permanence of Constitutional Meaning
- Epilogue: The Moral Foundations of Originalism
- Index of Cases
- General Index
General Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- The Language of Law and the Foundations of American Constitutionalism
- Introduction: The Politics of Original Intention
- 1 The Constitution and the Scholarly Tradition: Recovering the Founders' Constitution
- 2 Nature and the Language of Law: Thomas Hobbes and the Foundations of Modern Constitutionalism
- 3 Language, Law, and Liberty: John Locke and the Structures of Modern Constitutionalism
- 4 The Limits of Natural Law: Modern Constitutionalism and the Science of Interpretation
- 5 The Greatest Improvement on Political Institutions: Natural Rights, the Intentions of the People, and Written Constitutions
- 6 Chains of the Constitution: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the “Political Metaphysics” of Strict Construction
- 7 The Most Sacred Rule of Interpretation: John Marshall, Originalism, and the Limits of Judicial Power
- 8 The Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever: Joseph Story and the Permanence of Constitutional Meaning
- Epilogue: The Moral Foundations of Originalism
- Index of Cases
- General Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010