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The American Constitution and the debate over originalism /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The American Constitution and the debate over originalism // Dennis J. Goldford.
remainder title:	The American Constitution & the Debate over Originalism
Author:	Goldford, Dennis J.,
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Constitutional law - Philosophy. - United States -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511756214
ISBN:	9780511756214 (ebook)

The American Constitution and the debate over originalism /
Goldford, Dennis J.,1948-

The American Constitution and the debate over originalism /The American Constitution & the Debate over OriginalismDennis J. Goldford. - 1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

The politics of originalism -- The concept of a living Constitution -- Interpretivism and originalism -- The paradox of originalism -- The problem of objectivity -- The epistemology of Constitutional discourse (I) -- The epistemology of Constitutional discourse (II) -- The ontology of Constitutional discourse (I) -- The ontology of Constitutional discourse (II) -- Conclusion: The political character of Constitutional discourse.

Located at the intersection of law, political science, philosophy, and literary theory, this is a work of constitutional theory that explores the nature of American constitutional interpretation through a reconsideration of the long-standing debate between the interpretive theories of originalism and nonoriginalism. It traces that debate to a particular set of premises about the nature of language, interpretation, and objectivity, premises that raise the specter of unconstrained, unstructured constitutional interpretation that has haunted contemporary constitutional theory. It presents the novel argument that a critique of the underlying premises of originalism dissolves not just originalism but nonoriginalism as well, which leads to the recognition that constitutional interpretation is already and always structured. It makes this argument in terms of the first principle of the American political system: by their fidelity to the Constitution, Americans are a textual people in that they live in and through the terms of a fundamental text.

ISBN: 9780511756214 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1438924
Constitutional law
--Philosophy.--United States

LC Class. No.: KF4550 / .G645 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 342.73/01

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