02252nam 2200577Ia 450 991078472010332120230331005405.01-280-52409-X0-19-536311-6(CKB)1000000000405355(EBL)271488(OCoLC)252586173(SSID)ssj0000296750(PQKBManifestationID)11253834(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296750(PQKBWorkID)10340293(PQKB)10177207(MiAaPQ)EBC271488(Au-PeEL)EBL271488(CaPaEBR)ebr10279299(CaONFJC)MIL52409(OCoLC)935260431(EXLCZ)99100000000040535519890201d1989 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFoundations of American constitutionalism[electronic resource] /David A.J. RichardsNew York Oxford University Press19891 online resource (332 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-505939-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The Founders' Interpretive Uses of History; 3 Political Legitimacy and Constitutional Founding; 4 Interpreting the Founders over Time; 5 Interpreting Enumerated Rights: Religious Liberty and Free Speech; 6 Interpreting Unenumerated Rights: Constitutional Privacy; 7 Interpreting Equal Protection; 8 Constitutional Decadence and Educational Responsibility; IndexDavid Richards here argues that the legal interpretation of the US constitution depends on an understanding of the liberal humanist principles which guided the Founders.Constitutional historyUnited StatesConstitutional lawUnited StatesConstitutional historyConstitutional law342.73/02347.3022Richards David A. J475255MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784720103321Foundations of American constitutionalism3832899UNINA