Author: Francis Newton Thorpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charters
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the State, Territories, and Colonies Now Or Heretofore Forming the United States of America
Author: Francis Newton Thorpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charters
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charters
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the State, Territories, and Colonies Now Or Heretofore Forming the United States of America: Kentucky ; Massachusetts
Author: Francis Newton Thorpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories and Colonies Now Or Heretofore Forming the United States of America
Author: Francis Newton Thorpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charters
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charters
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Keeping Faith with the Constitution
Author: Goodwin Liu
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752834
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
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 challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752834
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
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 challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
Century Edition of The American Digest
Author:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 2992
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 2992
Book Description
Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
A Treatise on the Law of Corporations Having a Capital Stock
Author: William Wilson Cook
Publisher:
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Category : Corporation law
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Corporation law
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Government Code
Author: Texas
Publisher:
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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the State, Territories, and Colonies Now Or Heretofore Forming the United States of America: Michigan ; New Hampshire
Author: Francis Newton Thorpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description