Methods of Interpretation

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-537711-8
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1048 g

Methods of Interpretation: How the Supreme Court Reads the Constitution examines the various methodologies the Supreme Court, and individual justices, have employed throughout history when interpreting the Constitution. Rather than attempting to set forth an overall theory of constitutional interpretation or plunge into the never ending scholarly debate over interpretative theory, Lackland H. Bloom focuses exclusively on what the Court and individual justices have done and said about constitutional interpretation in the course of deciding constitutional cases. He identifies many of the best, and a few of the worst, examples of particular interpretative methodologies, as well as the best examples of explicit discussions of constitutional interpretation by the Court and individual justices. Professor Bloom pays particular focus on the Supreme Court's approaches to constitutional interpretation since it is the Court that sets the standards. Although commentators may have the final word on what constitutional interpretation should be, he argues that the Court essentially has the final word on what it actually is.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bloom

Bloom Jr, Lackland H.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Allgemeines Prozessrecht, Kostenrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter One: Textualism

- Chapter Two: The Original Understanding

- Chapter Three: Tradition and Practice

- Chapter Four: Constitutional Structure

- Chapter Five: Precedent

- Chapter Six: Deriving Doctrine

- Chapter Seven: Shaping, Clarifying, and Changing Doctrine

- Chapter Eight: Consequential Reasoning

- Chapter Nine: Rhetoric

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Lackland H. Bloom is a Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University School of Law. He is a specialist in constitutional law, and has recently published articles concerning freedom of speech and the rhetoric of Supreme Court opinions.