Living originalism [[electronic resource] /] / Jack M. Balkin

• Autore: Balkin J. M
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (481 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.73001
• Soggetto topico: Constitutional law - United States - Philosophy; Constitutional law - United States; Law - United States - Interpretation and construction; Origin (Philosophy)
• Classificazione: PL 733
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Fidelity to text and principle -- Framework originalism -- Why original meaning? -- Basic law, higher law, our law -- Constitutional faith and constitutional redemption -- Originalisms -- Precedents and pragmatic exceptions -- Construction -- A platform for persuasion -- Commerce -- Privileges or immunities -- Equality before the law -- Texts and principles -- Change -- Rethinking living constitutionalism -- Change and legitimacy.
• Sommario/riassunto: Originalism and living constitutionalism, so often understood to be diametrically opposing views of our nation's founding document, are not in conflict-they are compatible. So argues Jack Balkin, one of the leading constitutional scholars of our time, in this long-awaited book. Step by step, Balkin gracefully outlines a constitutional theory that demonstrates why modern conceptions of civil rights and civil liberties, and the modern state's protection of national security, health, safety, and the environment, are fully consistent with the Constitution's original meaning. And he shows how both liberals and conservatives, working through political parties and social movements, play important roles in the ongoing project of constitutional construction. By making firm rules but also deliberately incorporating flexible standards and abstract principles, the Constitution's authors constructed a framework for politics on which later generations could build. Americans have taken up this task, producing institutions and doctrines that flesh out the Constitution's text and principles. Balkin's analysis offers a way past the angry polemics of our era, a deepened understanding of the Constitution that is at once originalist and living constitutionalist, and a vision that allows all Americans to reclaim the Constitution as their own.
• Titolo autorizzato: Living originalism
• ISBN: 0-674-06303-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781538903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II