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Interpreting the Constitution / Kent Greenawalt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.Description: ix, 502 p. : 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199756155 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.73 GRE 23
LOC classification:
  • KF4550 .G737 2015
Contents:
The nature of constitutions : basic questions about their interpretation -- Multiple interpretive criteria -- Original understanding : what is relevant and how much does it count? -- Employing multiple standards -- Neutral principles or "objective" standards : their relevance and attainability -- Cruel and unusual punishment -- Federal separation of powers -- Federal powers -- Freedom of speech and the press -- The religion clauses -- Criminal process : the right to counsel, unreasonable searches and seizures, and the privilege against self-incrimination -- Equal protection.
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Books Books Gulbanoo Premji Library of Azim Premji University, Bengaluru 2nd Floor 342.73 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 29715
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-466) and index.

The nature of constitutions : basic questions about their interpretation -- Multiple interpretive criteria -- Original understanding : what is relevant and how much does it count? -- Employing multiple standards -- Neutral principles or "objective" standards : their relevance and attainability -- Cruel and unusual punishment -- Federal separation of powers -- Federal powers -- Freedom of speech and the press -- The religion clauses -- Criminal process : the right to counsel, unreasonable searches and seizures, and the privilege against self-incrimination -- Equal protection.

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