Living originalism [electronic resource] /
Jack M. Balkin.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
- vi, 474 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fidelity to text and principle -- Framework originalism -- Why original meaning? -- Basic law, higher law, our law -- Constitutional faith and constitutional redemption -- Originalisms -- Precedents and pragmatic exceptions -- Construction -- A platform for persuasion -- Commerce -- Privileges or immunities -- Equality before the law -- Texts and principles -- Change -- Rethinking living constitutionalism -- Change and legitimacy.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780674063037 (electronic bk.)
Constitutional law--Philosophy.--United States Constitutional law--United States. Law--Interpretation and construction.--United States Origin (Philosophy)