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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 342.7302
EAN: 9781596980501
ISBN: 1596980508
Label: Regnery Publishing
Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: September 17, 2007
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
Sales Rank: 257243
Studio: Regnery Publishing

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- Reading into the rock
In spite of the outwardly partial banner on the book cover - "25th Anniversary of the Federalist Society" and with its president, Steven Calabresi editing it, as well as having a foreward by the current self-anointed leader of originalism on the Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia, "Originalism: A Quarter Century of Debate" is a usedul book that presents the case for originalism at its best; written by some of its staunchest supporters. More importantly, in keeping with the slightly misleading format of a "debate", it also has the views of opponents of originalism. It is slightly misleading because the case for originalism is cast in stronger light mainly by depriving the reader of some of the clearer and stronger views in opposition. However, this is not to say that originalism is a weaker or inferior principle to purposive interpretation, or vice versa. The reader will be enriched by this book, but he should ... Read More

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- A tremendously valuable book
I found this to be a very valuable book to read. Anyone who dismisses the book because it is published by Regnery or is a product of the Federalist Society is being foolish and cheating himself of a valuable debate on Originalism. Frankly, everyone should read this book carefully.

The book begins with an introductory paper by the Federalist Society's founder, Steven Calabresi and provides background for all the articles in the book and some of his own thoughts on Originalism. There is also a very brief forward by Justice Antonin Scalia. The core of the book is a series of speeches and panel discussions on key issues of Originalism that were kicked off decades back when then Attorney General Edwin Meese III gave a speech on the subject before the American Bar Association on July 9, 1985. However, the speech might have drifted into the mists of history but for the countering speech given by Justice ... Read More

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- A Terrific Book about the Debate over Originalism
Steven Calabresi and The Federalist Society have done us a service by publishing this volume of speeches. Part I has major speeches by Attorney General Meese, Justice Brennan, President Reagan, and Judge Bork, all of which discuss the role that the Constitution's original meaning ought to play in determining the Constitution's meaning today. These speeches are among the most famous constitutional law speeches of recent time because they discuss constitutional law in sophisticated yet easily accessible terms.

Part II has several chapters on various subject matters : unenumerated constitutional rights, pragmatism, precedent, and the Commerce Clause. It also has a debate between Professor Cass Sunstein and Charles Cooper. These chapters provide a window into debates amongst originalists about the Constitution's original meaning. What role should precedent play in an originalist analysis of constitutional ... Read More

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