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John Marshall, Mcculloch V. Maryland, And The Southern States' Rights Tradition, R. Kent Newmyer
John Marshall, Mcculloch V. Maryland, And The Southern States' Rights Tradition, R. Kent Newmyer
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Review, Inherent Rights, The Written Constitution, And Popular Sovereignty: The Founders' Understanding, Richard Kay
Review, Inherent Rights, The Written Constitution, And Popular Sovereignty: The Founders' Understanding, Richard Kay
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Reviewing Thomas B. McAffee, Inherent Rights, the Written Constitution, and Popular Sovereignty: The Founders' Understanding. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000
Constitutional Chrononomy, Richard Kay
Constitutional Chrononomy, Richard Kay
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Every constitution defines and is defined by a period in time. Like all law the creation and application of constitutions require reference to the past and future respectively Every instance of constitution-making is an attempt to control behavior over an extended period of time. Therefore constitutions will be drafted, both in style and substance, to reflect that temporal ambition. The effectiveness of a constitution also requires that its interpretation makes reference to the understanding of its rules held by the constitution-makers. As a result, and notwithstanding the efforts to make it suitable over a long period by its creators, every …