Foundations of American ConstitutionalismOxford University Press, 14. dec. 1989 - 338 strani In writing the constitution, the Founders combined a Lockean theory of politically legitimate power with the political science they had learned from Machiavelli, Harrington, Hume, and Montesquieu to articulate a new conception of constitutional argument. Examining the Founders' humanist analytical methods and working assumptions, this book combines history, political philosophy, and interpretive practice as it demonstrates an alternative exegesis of the Constitution. It clarifies a wide range of interpretive issues of federalism, enumerated rights (religious liberty and free speech), unenumerated rights (the constitutional right to privacy), and equal protection. |
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2 The Founders Interpretive Uses of History | 18 |
3 Political Legitimacy and Constitutional Founding | 78 |
4 Interpreting the Founders over Time | 131 |
Religious Liberty and Free Speech | 172 |
Constitutional Privacy | 202 |
7 Interpreting Equal Protection | 248 |
8 Constitutional Decadence and Educational Responsibility | 287 |
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