Constitutional Interpretation – Textual Meaning, Original Intent and Judicial R…

Constitutional InterpretationTextual Meaning, Original Intent and Judicial Review\nAuthor(s): Keith E. Whittington\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Kansas, United States\nImprint: University Press of Kansas\nISBN-13: 9780700611416, 978-0700611416\nSynopsis\nConstitutional scholarship has deteriorated into a set of armed camps, with defenders of different theories of judicial review too often talking to their own supporters but not engaging their opponents. This book breaks free of the stalemate and reinvigorates the debate over how the judiciary should interpret the Constitution.\n\nKeith Whittington reconsiders the implications of the fundamental legal commitment to faithfully interpret our written Constitution. Making use of arguments drawn from American history, political philosophy, and literary theory, he examines what it means to interpret a written constitution and how the courts should go about that task. He concludes that when interpreting the Constitution,.