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The Constitution's Accommodation Of Social Change, Philip A. Hamburger
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, …
Transfers Of Property In Eleventh-Century Norman Law, William John Gallagher
Transfers Of Property In Eleventh-Century Norman Law, William John Gallagher
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Transfers of Property in Eleventh-Century Norman Law by Emily Zack Tabuteau
Law And Disputing In Commercializing Early America, Cornelia Dayton
Law And Disputing In Commercializing Early America, Cornelia Dayton
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Neighbors and Strangers: Law and Community in Early Connecticut by Bruce H. Mann
Trial By Ordeal, Robert C. Palmer
Trial By Ordeal, Robert C. Palmer
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Trial by Fire and Water: The Medieval Judicial Ordeal by Robert Bartlett
Privacy In A Public Society: Human Rights In Conflict, David Clark Esseks
Privacy In A Public Society: Human Rights In Conflict, David Clark Esseks
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Privacy in a Public Society: Human Rights in Conflict by Richard F. Hixson