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The Constitution's Accommodation Of Social Change, Philip A. Hamburger

Michigan Law Review

Did the framers and ratifiers of the United States Constitution think that changes in American society would require changes in the text or interpretation of the Constitution? If those who created the Constitution understood or even anticipated the possibility of major social alterations, how did they expect constitutional law - text and interpretation - to accommodate such developments?

The effect of social change upon constitutional law was an issue the framers and ratifiers frequently discussed. For example, when AntiFederalists complained of the Constitution's failure to protect the jury trial in civil cases, Federalists responded that a change of circumstances might, …

Front Matter, Natural Resources Journal

Natural Resources Journal

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Using Surveys To Value Public Goods: The Contingent Valuation Method, Raymond Price

Natural Resources Journal

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Interior Turns Off Tap For Wilderness Areas, M. Gloria Tristani

Natural Resources Journal

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Tribute, A. Dan Tarlock

Natural Resources Journal

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Symposium Introduction: New Challenges To State Water Allocation Sovereignty, Charles T. Dumars, A. Dan Tarlock

Natural Resources Journal

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New Direction In Scared Lands Claims: Lying V. Northwest Indian Cemetary Protective Association, Nancy Akins

Natural Resources Journal

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Reforming The Forest Service, Denise D. Fort

Natural Resources Journal

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Pushing State Regulatory Commissions Behind The Bright Line: Ferc Jurisdiction Pervails In Mississippi Power & (And) Light Co. V. Mississippi Ex Rel. Moore, Elizabeth Newlin Taylor

Natural Resources Journal

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On Human Rights: The Use Of Human Right Precepts In U.S. History And The Right To An Effective Remedy In Domestic Courts, Jordan J. Paust

Michigan Journal of International Law

Early in the history of the United States, human rights, then often termed the "rights of man," were understood to be those natural, unalienable rights of all persons that no government on earth could deny - rights that are a part of law, whether written or unwritten, and that free and democratic governments are formed to further and to protect. As Alexander Hamilton recognized in 1775, "the sacred rights of mankind... are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature… and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." Yet, as Hamilton must have known, …

Wilderness In Canada: Past, Present, Future, J. Gordon Nelson

Natural Resources Journal

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Joint Resolution S.J. Res. 67, Natural Resources Journal

Natural Resources Journal

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Obituary For William Robert Derrick Sewell 1931-1987, Harold D. Foster

Natural Resources Journal

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