MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aKF4550$b.M33 2010
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100 1 $aMcDowell, Gary L.,$d1949-
245 14 $aThe language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism /$cGary L. McDowell.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010.
300 $axvi, 409 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 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, 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.
650 0 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLaw$zUnited States$xLanguage.
650 0 $aConstitutional law.