LEADER 05011nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910465848103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-299-28224-5 010 $a0-7391-7816-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000099570 035 $a(EBL)1144121 035 $a(OCoLC)830085798 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000835370 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12399086 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835370 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10990464 035 $a(PQKB)10127150 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1144121 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1144121 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10670380 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL459474 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000099570 100 $a20121012d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe flexible constitution$b[electronic resource] /$fSean Wilson 210 $aLanham, MD $cLexington Books$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-9730-4 311 $a0-7391-7815-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Flexible Constitution; Table of Contents; Citation Abbreviations; Citation Form and Style; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Conclusion; Introduction; Chapter 1: Wittgenstein, Law and Originalism; 1. Law and Wittgenstein; (a) John Brigham; (b) Postmodern Scholars; (c) Format and Innovation; (d) Beyond Skepticism; 2. Originalism; Notes; Part I: Interpreting the Constitution; Chapter2: Obeying Flexible Commands; 1. Three Levels of Analysis; (a) Conceptual Analysis; (b) Criterial Analysis; (c) Instantiation; 2. Decision Trees; (a) Interrelation; 3. Reconsidering Dworkin 327 $a(a) Three Levels of Analysis(b) Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: Is There a Fixed Meaning?; 1. The Baptismal Thesis; 2. Language Rigidity; 3. History as Law?; 4. Abstract Principles?; (a) Dworkinians; (b) Example: "Unreasonable" Searches; 5. Original Meaning?; Notes; Chapter 4: Public Meaning v. Meaning as Use; 1. "Public Meaning"; (a) Majority Preference?; (b) Historical Stereotypes/Archetypes; (c) Aggregated Historical Behavior; 2. Family-Resemblance-Wittgenstein; 3. Family-Resemblance-Pinker; 4. Sharp Boundaries; 5. Technicality; Notes; Chapter 5: The Flexible Constitution 327 $a 1. Sense-Shifting(a) "The Army"; (b) "Citizen"; (c) "Age"; 2. Many Ways to Follow; 3. Interpretation v. Construction; 4. Cooperative Talking; Notes; Chapter 6: Structuralism and Polysemy; 1. Structuralism; 2. Culturally Appropriate; 3. Polysemy:; (a) Definition; (b) Significance; (c) Legal Examples; (d) Not Originalism!; 4. Assertability Conditions; Notes; Chapter 7: Law as ConnoisseurJudgment; 1. ConnoisseurJudgment; 2. Relationship of Law to Art; 3. The Appreciable Behavior; (a) Taxonomical Question; (b) Qualitative Issues; (c) Conservatives and Beyond; Notes 327 $aPart II:Understanding OriginalismChapter 8: The Philosophy of Framers' Intent; 1. The Role of Text; 2. Temporal Issues; 3. What Kind of Beliefs Matter?; (a) The Memory Pensieve; (b) Specificity in Belief; (c) Confusion?; 4. Imaginary Personification; Notes; Chapter 9:Why Framers' Intent is Flawed; 1. An Unattainable Idea; (a) Who are "the Framers?"; (b) Which Mental States?; (c) Skepticism; 2. A Misguided Idea; (a) Knotted Grammar; (b) Textualism; (c) The New Unit of Analysis; (d) Beyond Speaker's Meaning; Notes; Chapter 10: The New Originalism; 1. No "Boss Logic" 327 $a(a) Authorial Intent? 2. Bystander-Textualism; 3. Speaker's Meaning?; (a) Judging Language?; Notes; Chapter 11: The Constitution as Old Society; 1.Whose Preferences Count?; (a) Aggregating Philosophy; (b) Qualitative Factors; 2. Criticism; (a) Social Learning; (b) Presentism; (c) Wrong Unit of Analysis; (d) Domination Isn't Special; Notes; Chapter 12: Cultural Construction; 1. Abortion, Sodomy and Time Travel; (a) Mystery Rights; (b) Past Populism; (c) Past Culture; (d) Perspectival Views; 2. Cultural Development; Notes; Chapter 13: What Originalism Really Is 327 $a 1. A Formal Definition 330 $aThis is a new Wittgensteinian account of the American Constitution that provides a fresh perspective on how judges can follow a legal document written in flexible language. The book shows why originalism is incompatible with the American legal system and challenges the views of Ronald Dworkin and numerous law professors. 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States$xPhilosophy 606 $aOrigin (Philosophy) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConstitutional law$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aOrigin (Philosophy) 676 $a342.73001 676 $a342.73001 700 $aWilson$b Sean$f1967-$0970145 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465848103321 996 $aThe flexible constitution$92205130 997 $aUNINA