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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456571303321

Autore

O'Neill Johnathan G (Johnathan George)

Titolo

Originalism in American law and politics [[electronic resource] ] : a constitutional history / / Johnathan O'Neill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, MD ; ; London, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-8018-9604-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought

Disciplina

342.7302/9

Soggetti

Constitutional history - United States

Law - United States - Interpretation and construction - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From textual originalism to modern judicial power -- Modern judicial power and the process/restraint tradition -- The return of originalist analysis in the Warren Court era -- At the crossroads : the originalist idea in post-Warren Court politics and jurisprudence -- Raoul Berger and the restoration of originalism -- Originalism in the era of Ronald Reagan -- Robert Bork and the trial of originalism -- Originalism in the 1990's : the transformation of academic theory and the limitations of practice.