The Flexible Constitution

Informationen zum Autor Sean Wilson is a digital soundtrack journalist with extensive experience writing for Cineworld Cinemas, Composer Magazine, Den of Geek, Flickering Myth and HeyUGuys. Based in Bristol, south-west UK, he has conducted numerous interviews with many of Hollywood's most accomplished film composers. Klappentext This is a new Wittgensteinian account of the American Constitution that provides a fresh perspective on how judges can follow a legal document written in flexible language. The book shows why originalism is incompatible with the American legal system and challenges the views of Ronald Dworkin and numerous law professors. Zusammenfassung This is a new Wittgensteinian account of the American Constitution that provides a fresh perspective on how judges can follow a legal document written in flexible language. The book shows why originalism is incompatible with the American legal system and challenges the views of Ronald Dworkin and numerous law professors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Wittgenstein, Law and OriginalismPart I: Interpreting the ConstitutionChapter 2: Obeying Flexible CommandsChapter 3: Is There a Fixed Meaning?Chapter 4: Public Meaning v. Meaning as UseChapter 5: The Flexible ConstitutionChapter 6: Structuralism and PolysemyChapter 7: Law as Connoisseur JudgmentPart II: Understanding OriginalismChapter 8: The Philosophy of Framers' IntentChapter 9: Why Framers' Intent is FlawedChapter 10: The New OriginalismChapter 11: The Constitution as Old SocietyChapter 12: Cultural ConstructionChapter 13: What Originalism Really Is Appendix: The Philosophical Investigation

Product details

• Authors: Sean Wilson, Wilson Sean
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2012
• EAN: 9780739178157
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7815-7
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LAW / Constitutional, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general