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Foundations of American Constitutionalism

Foundations of American Constitutionalism

Hardcover

PhilosophyGeneral Law

ISBN10: 0195059395
ISBN13: 9780195059397
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Dec 14 1989
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.57
Height: 1.21 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.56
Language: English
In writing the constitution, the Founders combined a Lockean theory of politically legitimate power with the political science they had learned from Machiavelli, Harrington, Hume, and Montesquieu to articulate a new conception of constitutional argument. Examining the Founders' humanist analytical methods and working assumptions, this book combines history, political philosophy, and interpretive practice as it demonstrates an alternative exegesis of the Constitution. It clarifies a wide range of interpretive issues of federalism, enumerated rights (religious liberty and free speech), unenumerated rights (the constitutional right to privacy), and equal protection.

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