Restoring the Lost Constitution The Presumption of Liberty

The U.S. Constitution found in school textbooks and under glass in Washington is not the one enforced today by the Supreme Court. In Restoring the Lost Constitution, Randy Barnett argues that since the nation's founding, but especially since the 1930s, the courts have been cutting holes in the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barnett, Randy E. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press 2009.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426429606719
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  • Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION: Why Care What the Constitution Says?; PART I. Constitutional Legitimacy; CHAPTER ONE: The Fiction of "We the People": Is the Constitution Binding on Us?; CHAPTER TWO: Constitutional Legitimacy without Consent: Protecting the RightsRetained by the People; CHAPTER THREE:Natural Rights as Liberty Rights: Retained Rights, Privileges,or Immunities; PART II. Constitutional Method; CHAPTER FOUR: Constitutional Interpretation: An Originalism for Nonoriginalists; CHAPTER FIVE: Constitutional Construction: Supplementing Original Meaning
  • CHAPTER SIX: Judicial Review: The Meaning of the Judicial PowerPART III. Constitutional Limits; CHAPTER SEVEN: Judicial Review of Federal Laws: The Meaning of the Necessaryand Proper Clause; CHAPTER EIGHT: Judicial Review of State Laws: The Meaning of the Privilegesor Immunities Clause; CHAPTER NINE: The Mandate of the Ninth Amendment: Why FootnoteFour Is Wrong; CHAPTER TEN: The Presumption of Liberty: Protecting Rights withoutListing Them; PART IV. Constitutional Powers; CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Proper Scope of Federal Power: The Meaning of theCommerce Clause
  • CHAPTER TWELVE: The Proper Scope of State Power: Construing the "Police Power"CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Showing Necessity: Judicial Doctrines and Application to Cases; CONCLUSION: Restoring the Lost Constitution; Index of Cases; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Y; Z; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W