Originalism and the Good Constitution / / Michael B. Rappaport, John O. McGinnis.
Originalism holds that the U.S. Constitution should be interpreted according to its meaning at the time it was enacted. In their innovative defense of originalism, John McGinnis and Michael Rappaport maintain that the text of the Constitution should be adhered to by the Supreme Court because it was...
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McGinnis, John O., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Originalism and the Good Constitution / Michael B. Rappaport, John O. McGinnis. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (308 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Originalism: Its Discontents and the Supermajoritarian Solution -- 2. The Nature of the Argument -- 3. The Supermajoritarian Theory of Constitutionalism -- 4. The Compliance of the US Constitution with Desirable Supermajority Rules -- 5. The Continuing Desirability of an Old Supermajoritarian Constitution -- 6. Supermajoritarian Failure, Including the Exclusion of African Americans and Women -- 7. Original Methods Originalism -- 8. Original Methods versus Constitutional Construction -- 9. Precedent, Originalism, and the Constitution -- 10. The Normative Theory of Precedent -- 11. Imagining an Originalist Future -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Originalism holds that the U.S. Constitution should be interpreted according to its meaning at the time it was enacted. In their innovative defense of originalism, John McGinnis and Michael Rappaport maintain that the text of the Constitution should be adhered to by the Supreme Court because it was enacted by supermajorities--both its original enactment under Article VII and subsequent Amendments under Article V. A text approved by supermajorities has special value in a democracy because it has unusually wide support and thus tends to maximize the welfare of the greatest number. The authors recognize and respond to many possible objections. Does originalism perpetuate the dead hand of the past? How can originalism be justified, given the exclusion of African Americans and women from the Constitution and many of its subsequent Amendments? What is originalism's place in interpretation, after two hundred years of non-originalist precedent? A fascinating counterfactual they pose is this: had the Supreme Court not interpreted the Constitution so freely, perhaps the nation would have resorted to the Article V amendment process more often and with greater effect. Their book will be an important contribution to the literature on originalism, now the most prominent theory of constitutional interpretation. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Constitutional law Philosophy. Constitutional law United States. Judicial review United States. Origin (Philosophy). LAW / Constitutional. bisacsh Rappaport, Michael B. , author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013 9783110317350 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE LAW 2013 9783110317206 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET RECHTSWISSENSCHAFTEN 2013 9783110317190 ZDB-23-DGC Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674725072 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674726260 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674726260 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674726260.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Originalism: Its Discontents and the Supermajoritarian Solution -- 2. The Nature of the Argument -- 3. The Supermajoritarian Theory of Constitutionalism -- 4. The Compliance of the US Constitution with Desirable Supermajority Rules -- 5. The Continuing Desirability of an Old Supermajoritarian Constitution -- 6. Supermajoritarian Failure, Including the Exclusion of African Americans and Women -- 7. Original Methods Originalism -- 8. Original Methods versus Constitutional Construction -- 9. Precedent, Originalism, and the Constitution -- 10. The Normative Theory of Precedent -- 11. Imagining an Originalist Future -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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