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2001

Constitutional theory

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Fidelity To Natural Law And Natural Rights In Constitutional Interpretation, James E. Fleming Apr 2001

Fidelity To Natural Law And Natural Rights In Constitutional Interpretation, James E. Fleming

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It is an honor and a pleasure to comment on Professor Robert P. George's elegant and provocative paper.' For one thing, he is a leading proponent of reviving the natural law tradition in political, legal, and constitutional theory.2 For another, he was a reader of my Ph.D. dissertation in constitutional theory at Princeton University over a decade ago. I am happy to have the chance to reciprocate by reading a work of his and providing a critique of it. Fortunately, I learned at Princeton that vigorous criticism and disagreement are fully compatible with friendship and respect.