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100 1 $aMcDowell, Gary L.
245 14 $aThe language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism /$cGary L. McDowell.
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520 0 $aIntroduction: 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, written constitutions and the intention of the people -- 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, to-day, and forever : Joseph Story and the permanence of constitutional meaning -- Epilogue: The moral foundations of originalism.
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