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The Declaration As Ur-Constitution: The Bizarre Jurisprudential Philosophy Of Professor Harry V. Jaffa, Patrick M. O'Neil
The Declaration As Ur-Constitution: The Bizarre Jurisprudential Philosophy Of Professor Harry V. Jaffa, Patrick M. O'Neil
Akron Law Review
In his most recent work, Original Intent and the Framers of the Constitution: A Disputed Question, Professor Harry V. Jaffa finally has put together in one place the core of his constitutional hermeneutic with all the attendant elements of his jurisprudential philosophy. Stated in oversimplified terms, perhaps, Dr. Jaffa sees the Declaration of Independence as the source of the principles embodied in the Constitution of the United States and finds the Declaration, furthermore, to be an indispensable aid to the correct interpretation of that later document. In order to comprehend the error of Jaffa's claims, one must first consider several …
June 2, 2008: Austin Dacey On Islam, Bruce Ledewitz
June 2, 2008: Austin Dacey On Islam, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Austin Dacey “ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
May 8, 2008: Church-State Talk To Pittsburgh Aclu, Bruce Ledewitz
May 8, 2008: Church-State Talk To Pittsburgh Aclu, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Church-State Talk to Pittsburgh ACLU“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Meaning's Edge, Love's Priority, Patrick Mckinley Brennan
Meaning's Edge, Love's Priority, Patrick Mckinley Brennan
Michigan Law Review
The story is told of an American wending his way through the British Museum. Reaching the Rosetta Stone, he reached right over the railing, touched the scarred slab, and lamented: "It doesn't feel meaningful." Whereupon an old Briton was heard to mumble: "The poor American's got this old thing confused with the Blarney Stone." A bully presses his case, but meaning is much more modest. Powerless to insist upon itself, meaning lies in wait of discovery. What distinguishes the Rosetta Stone from other rocks of the same kind and size is that it was someone's - or rather a group's …
Classical Republicanism And The American Revolution, Gordon S. Wood
Classical Republicanism And The American Revolution, Gordon S. Wood
Chicago-Kent Law Review
In his Classical Republicanism and the American Revolution, Professor Wood outlines the evolution of republicanism from antiquity to the eighteenth century and notes the ensuing evolution of American politics away from even this late republicanism.