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Philosophical Dimensions of the Constitution
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ABSTRACT
In theclosing decades of the eighteenth century, the newly independent colonies along the mid-Atlantic coast of North America commenced an unprecedented public debate concerning the principles of civil government. The debate culminated in 1787 with the Philadelphia convention where the United States Constitution was drafted and adopted. After rati
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |14 pages
Introduction: The Philosophical Foundations of the U.S. Constitution
part Part One|39 pages
The Ideals of the Framers
part Part Two|36 pages
Democracy and the Constitution
part Part Three|61 pages
Interpreting the Constitution
chapter Five|23 pages
Between Clause-bound Literalism and Value Imposition: A Positivist Noninterpretivist Theory of Judicial Review
part Part Four|92 pages
Current Issues in Constitutional Law