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Taking Text Too Seriously: Modern Textualism, Original Meaning, And The Case Of Amar's Bill Of Rights, William Michael Treanor
Taking Text Too Seriously: Modern Textualism, Original Meaning, And The Case Of Amar's Bill Of Rights, William Michael Treanor
Michigan Law Review
Championed on the Supreme Court by Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas and in academia most prominently by Professor Akhil Amar textualism has emerged within the past twenty years as a leading school of constitutional interpretation. Textualists argue that the Constitution should be interpreted in accordance with its original public meaning, and in seeking that meaning, they closely parse the Constitution's words and grammar and the placement of clauses in the document. They have assumed that this close parsing recaptures original meaning, but, perhaps because it seems obviously correct, that assumption has neither been defended nor challenged. This Article uses Professor …
A Review Of Annual Survey Of American Law: 1947, Edson R. Sunderland
A Review Of Annual Survey Of American Law: 1947, Edson R. Sunderland
Michigan Law Review
This is the sixth annual volume in which the faculty of the New York University School of Law has published its summary of the important developments in American law. The magnitude of the task required to produce these volumes would be considered beyond the capacity of the teaching staff of any single law school if the actual publication, year by year, of these monumental surveys did not prove that it could be accomplished.
The Committee To Frame A World Constitution: Preliminary Draft Of A World Constitution, Michigan Law Review
The Committee To Frame A World Constitution: Preliminary Draft Of A World Constitution, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF A WORLD CONSTITUTION. By The Committee to Frame a World Constitution.