Original Intent and the Framers' Constitution

by Levy, Leonard W.

• ISBN13: 9781566633123
• ISBN10: 1566633125
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-15
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee

Summary

Rejecting the views of both left and right, Mr. Levy evaluates the doctrine of original intent by examining the sources of constitutional law and landmark cases. Merciless and brilliant. In fascinating detail...Mr. Levy demonstrates that there can be no such animal [as original intent]. --Anthony Lewis, New York Times Book Review

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The Framers and Original Intent	1	(29)
President and Congress: Foreign Policy and War Powers	30	(24)
Judicial Review and Judicial Activism	54	(21)
Marbury v. Madison: Judicial Activism Run Amok	75	(14)
Was Judicial Review Intended? The State Precedents	89	(11)
Development of Judicial Review	100	(24)
The Contract Clause	124	(13)
Why We Have the Bill of Rights	137	(37)
The First Amendment: The Establishment Clause	174	(21)
The First Amendment: The Free Press Clause	195	(26)
The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure	221	(26)
The Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination	247	(20)
The Ninth Amendment: Unenumerated Rights	267	(17)
History and Original Intent	284	(38)
A Constitutional Jurisprudence of Original Intent? Part One	322	(28)
A Constitutional Jurisprudence of Original Intent? Part Two	350	(38)
Conclusions	388	(11)
Notes	399	(80)
Bibliography	479	(16)
Index	495