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Does Due Process Have An Original Meaning? On Originalism, Due Process, Procedural Innovation . . . And Parking Tickets, Lawrence Rosenthal Sep 2007

Does Due Process Have An Original Meaning? On Originalism, Due Process, Procedural Innovation . . . And Parking Tickets, Lawrence Rosenthal

Lawrence Rosenthal

Originalism – the view that constitutional provisions should be interpreted as they were “understood at the time of the law’s enactment” – is the ascendant method of constitutional interpretation. In particular, originalists argue that the Constitution's open-ended provisions should be interpreted in light of their generally understood legal meaning at the time of their framing. An originalist view of due process -- entitling civil and criminal defendants to those procedures considered "due" at the time of framing -- would accordingly condemn any number of innovations in criminal and civil procedures' that alter framing-era procedural rights, such as the novel systems …


Dred Scott And The Political Question Doctrine, Wesley M. Oliver Dec 2006

Dred Scott And The Political Question Doctrine, Wesley M. Oliver

Wesley M Oliver

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Introduction: Dred Scott After 150 Years: A Grievous Wound Remembered, John L. Gedid Dec 2006

Introduction: Dred Scott After 150 Years: A Grievous Wound Remembered, John L. Gedid

John L. Gedid

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¿Interpretación O Configuración Del Poder?: Acerca Del Precedente Que Establece La Procedencia Del Rac Contra Resoluciones Estimatorias, Óscar Súmar Dec 2006

¿Interpretación O Configuración Del Poder?: Acerca Del Precedente Que Establece La Procedencia Del Rac Contra Resoluciones Estimatorias, Óscar Súmar

Oscar Súmar

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