To Secure These Rights: The Declaration of Independence and Constitutional InterpretationNYU Press, 1996 - 330 páginas To Secure These Rights enters the fascinating--and often contentious--debate over constitutional interpretation. Scott Douglas Gerber here argues that the Constitution of the United States should be interpreted in light of the natural rights political philosophy of the Declaration of Independence and that the Supreme Court is the institution of American government that should be primarily responsible for identifying and applying that philosophy in American life. |
Índice
Liberal Originalism | 1 |
The Constitution of the United States | 57 |
Natural Rights and the Role of the Court | 93 |
Checks on the Court | 134 |
Impeachment | 144 |
Judicial SelfRestraint | 150 |
Constitutional Interpretation | 162 |
A New American Revolution? | 196 |
Notes | 205 |
Works Cited | 269 |
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