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The language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism

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자료유형	단행본
개인저자	McDowell, Gary L., 1949-.
서명/저자사항	The language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism/Gary L. McDowell.
발행사항	Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
형태사항	xvi, 409 p.; 25 cm.
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ISBN	9780521192897 (hbk.) 0521192897 (hbk.) 9780521140911 (pbk.) 0521140919 (pbk.)
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
내용주기	Introduction : The politics of original intention -- The Constitution and the scholarly tradition : recovering the founders' constitution -- Nature and the language of law : Thomas Hobbes and the foundations of modern constitutionalism -- Language, law, and liberty : John Locke and the structures of modern constitutionalism -- The limits of natural law : modern constitutionalism and the science of interpretation -- The greatest improvement on political institutions : natural rights, the intentions of the people, and written constitutions -- Chains of the Constitution : Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the "political metaphysics" of strict construction -- The most sacred rule of interpretation : John Marshall, originalism, and the limits of judicial power -- The same yesterday, today, and forever : Joseph Story and the permanence of constitutional meaning -- Epilogue: The moral foundations of originalism.
일반주제명	Constitutional law -- United States. Law -- United States -- Language. Constitutional law.
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