Contemporary Perspectives On Constitutional Interpretation

by Susan J Brison, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

Overview

Current controversies over abortion, affirmative action, school prayer, hate speech, and other issues have sparked considerable public debate about how the U.S. Constitution should be interpreted. Such controversies, along with the changing composition of an often deeply divided Supreme Court, have led to a resurgence of interest in theories of con

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367315184
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Susan J. Brison is assistant professor of philosophy and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is associate professor of philosophy at Dartmouth College.

Table of Contents

A Philosophical Introduction to Constitutional Interpretation, 1 The Nature of Constitutional Interpretation, 2 Originalism, 3 Common Law Method, 4 Pragmatism, 5 Law as Integrity, 6 Critical Race Theory, 7 Feminist Legal Theory, 8 Deconstruction, 9 Critical Legal Studies, 10 Scepticism