Originalism in American Law and Politics: A Constitutional History

by Johnathan O'Neill

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801887607
• ISBN13: 9780801887604
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher