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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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more