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The First Stone Of The Death Penalty, Bruce Ledewitz
The First Stone Of The Death Penalty, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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Cruelly Unusual, Bruce Ledewitz
Cruelly Unusual, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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Pa. Justices Were Wrong To Fill Spot, Bruce Ledewitz
Pa. Justices Were Wrong To Fill Spot, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Death Penalty Law, Bruce Ledewitz
Recent Developments In Pennsylvania Death Penalty Law, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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A Fond Farewell, Bruce Ledewitz
A Fond Farewell, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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Perspectives On The Law Of The American Sit-In, Bruce Ledewitz
Perspectives On The Law Of The American Sit-In, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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The Constitution Of Belarus: A Good First Step Towards The Rule Of Law, Gary M. Shaw
The Constitution Of Belarus: A Good First Step Towards The Rule Of Law, Gary M. Shaw
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The Supreme Court And Local Government Law 1993-94 Term: Introduction, Howard A. Glickstein
The Supreme Court And Local Government Law 1993-94 Term: Introduction, Howard A. Glickstein
Touro Law Review
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Substance Above All: The Utopian Vision Of Modern Natural Law Constitutionalists, Thomas B. Mcaffee
Substance Above All: The Utopian Vision Of Modern Natural Law Constitutionalists, Thomas B. Mcaffee
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Modern natural law constitutionalists assert that the Constitution, properly understood, includes a kind of general trump card in the form of a moral reality which provides (or is, at any rate, thought to provide) a measure of all positive legal acts--whether framed in terms of the values of natural equality, natural rights, or “simple justice.”
This article explores why “trump card” natural law constitutionalism cannot by its nature adequately confront crucial issues of institutional design and democratic theory. In thus putting questions of moral substance ahead of crucial issues of authority, natural law constitutionalism appears to rest on a naive, …