TY - BOOK AU - Barber,Sotirios A. AU - Fleming,James E. TI - Constitutional interpretation: the basic questions SN - 9780195328578 AV - KF4552 .B366 2007 U1 - 342.73 22 PY - 0000/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Constitutional law KW - United States KW - fast KW - Grondwetten KW - gtt KW - Interpretatie KW - Rechtsfilosofie KW - Verfassungsauslegung KW - gnd KW - Verenigde Staten KW - USA KW - swd N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The presuppositions of constitutional interpretation -- The principal questions of constitutional interpretation -- The principal features of the American constitutional order : the positive constitutionalism of The federalist -- Approaches to constitutional interpretation -- Textualism and consensualism -- Narrow originalism/intentionalism -- Broad originalism -- Structuralism -- Doctrinalism and minimalism -- The philosophic approach -- Pragmatism -- Epilogue: a fusion of approaches to constitutional interpretation N2 - "What is the nature of the U.S. Constitution? How ought it to be interpreted? Ronald Dworkin famously argued that fidelity in interpreting the Constitution as written calls for a fusion of constitutional law and moral philosophy. Sotirios A. Barber and James E. Fleming take up that call, arguing for a philosophic approach to constitutional interpretation. In doing so, they systematically criticize competing approaches - textualism, consensualism, originalism, structuralism, doctrinalism, minimalism, and pragmatism - that aim and claim to avoid a philosophic approach. They show that none can responsibly avoid philosophic reflection and choice in interpreting the Constitution." "Offering both a succinct overview of approaches to constitutional interpretation and a powerful argument for a philosophic approach, Constitutional Interpretation will be discussed by constitutional scholars and students for years to come."--BOOK JACKET UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0802/2006938845.html UR - http://books.google.com/books?isbn=9780195328578 UR - http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0802/2006938845.html ER -