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Originalism in American Law and Politics
Johnathan O'Neill
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Description for Originalism in American Law and Politics
Hardback. Drawing on constitutional commentary and treatises, Supreme Court and lower federal court opinions, congressional hearings, and scholarly monographs, O'Neill's work will be valuable to historians, academic lawyers, and political scientists. Series: The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
This book explains how the debate over originalism emerged from the interaction of constitutional theory, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and American political development. Refuting the contention that originalism is a recent concoction of political conservatives like Robert Bork, Johnathan O'Neill asserts that recent appeals to the origin of the Constitution in Supreme Court decisions and commentary, especially by Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, continue an established pattern in American history. Originalism in American Law and Politics is distinguished by its historical approach to the topic. Drawing on constitutional commentary and treatises, Supreme Court and lower federal court opinions, congressional hearings, and scholarly monographs, O'Neill's work will be valuable to historians, academic lawyers, and political scientists.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801881114
SKU
V9780801881114
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About Johnathan O'Neill
Johnathan O'Neill is an assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University.
Reviews for Originalism in American Law and Politics
Everything a work of this kind should be. It is comprehensive in its coverage, scrupulously fair to all contending parties, and engagingly argumentative.
Michael M. Uhlmann Claremont Review of Books 2006 This book will undoubtedly be the essential reference on the history of originalism, and it will be an important building block toward the history of the conservative legal movement and the conservative intellectual movement.
Keith E. Whittington American Historical Review 2006 O'Neill has provided a rich and compelling account.
Charles A. Lofgren Journal of American History 2006 Offers a thoughtful historical treatment of originalism within the United States.
Wayne D. Moore Law and History Review 2007 The work is comprehensive in its coverage, fair to all the contending parties, and argumentative in the best sense of the word... Recommended. Choice 2008 Excellent book... It would be nice to see the return of constitutional history to History proper. And O'Neill has provided a ready vehicle for just such a return.
George Thomas Law and Politics Book Review 2008 Interesting.
Dennis J. Golford American Journal of Legal History 2006
Michael M. Uhlmann Claremont Review of Books 2006 This book will undoubtedly be the essential reference on the history of originalism, and it will be an important building block toward the history of the conservative legal movement and the conservative intellectual movement.
Keith E. Whittington American Historical Review 2006 O'Neill has provided a rich and compelling account.
Charles A. Lofgren Journal of American History 2006 Offers a thoughtful historical treatment of originalism within the United States.
Wayne D. Moore Law and History Review 2007 The work is comprehensive in its coverage, fair to all the contending parties, and argumentative in the best sense of the word... Recommended. Choice 2008 Excellent book... It would be nice to see the return of constitutional history to History proper. And O'Neill has provided a ready vehicle for just such a return.
George Thomas Law and Politics Book Review 2008 Interesting.
Dennis J. Golford American Journal of Legal History 2006