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Rethinking "Original Intent", David B. Lyons
Rethinking "Original Intent", David B. Lyons
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Although Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the Supreme Court's most controversial decisions, it is not often taught or read. But its approach to constitutional interpretation is by no means outdated, and its historical importance has not diminished. So it seems a good example to consider.
Foundations Of Rights Jurisprudence In Israel: Chief Justice Agranat's Legacy, Pnina Lahav
Foundations Of Rights Jurisprudence In Israel: Chief Justice Agranat's Legacy, Pnina Lahav
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"Liberty of the individual is a things of the past, or the future, in Palestine", wrote Bernard Joseph, a distinguished member of Israel's "government in the making" in 1948, shortly before Israel was inaugurated as a sovereign state. Joseph's "present" was the dusk of British rule in Palestine. Draconian Defence (Emergency) Regulations suspended conventional liberties ordinary westerners were accustomed to expect and turned Palestine into a police state.