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This volume examines the arguments of some of the leading proponents of the doctrine of "original intent". According to legal scholars a jurisprudence of original intent requires that judges bring no theory to the interpretation of the Constitution.

Trade Review
Storm Over the Constitution lays out an intellectual banquet. It is an important achievement. * National Review *

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Closing of the Conservative Mind: A Dissenting Opinion on Judge Robert H. Bork Chapter 2 Whatever Happened to the Emperor's Cloths? Jaffa Replies to Bork Chapter 3 Appendix to Whatever Happened to Emperor's Clothes? Chapter 4 Natural Law, the Constitution, and Robert Bork Chapter 5 The Inkblot Constitution Chapter 6 Is the Constitution Good? (And If So, Why?) Chapter 7 Graglia's Quarrel with God: Atheism and Nihilism Masquerading as Constitutional Argument Chapter 8 Slaying the Dragon of Bad Originalism: Jaffa Answers Cooper Chapter 9 "The Whole Theory of Democracy": Antonin Scalia, Meet James Madison and Friends Chapter 10 Afterword Chapter 11 About the Author

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: 8/31/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780739100417, 978-0739100417
      ISBN10: 0739100416

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume examines the arguments of some of the leading proponents of the doctrine of "original intent". According to legal scholars a jurisprudence of original intent requires that judges bring no theory to the interpretation of the Constitution.

      Trade Review
      Storm Over the Constitution lays out an intellectual banquet. It is an important achievement. * National Review *

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1 The Closing of the Conservative Mind: A Dissenting Opinion on Judge Robert H. Bork Chapter 2 Whatever Happened to the Emperor's Cloths? Jaffa Replies to Bork Chapter 3 Appendix to Whatever Happened to Emperor's Clothes? Chapter 4 Natural Law, the Constitution, and Robert Bork Chapter 5 The Inkblot Constitution Chapter 6 Is the Constitution Good? (And If So, Why?) Chapter 7 Graglia's Quarrel with God: Atheism and Nihilism Masquerading as Constitutional Argument Chapter 8 Slaying the Dragon of Bad Originalism: Jaffa Answers Cooper Chapter 9 "The Whole Theory of Democracy": Antonin Scalia, Meet James Madison and Friends Chapter 10 Afterword Chapter 11 About the Author

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