The Hollow Core of Constitutional Theory: Why We Need the Framers

by Donald L. Drakeman

Book Overview

The Hollow Core of Constitutional Theory is the first major defense of the central role of the Framers' intentions in constitutional interpretation to appear in years. This book starts with a reminder that, for virtually all of Western legal history, when judges interpreted legal texts, their goal was to identify the lawmaker's will. However, for the past fifty years, constitutional theory has increasingly shifted its focus away from the Framers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108719392
• ISBN13: 9781108719391
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"