To Secure These Rights: The Declaration of Independence and Constitutional Interpretation

by Scott Douglas Gerber

Book Overview

To Secure These Rights enters the fascinating--and often contentious--debate over constitutional interpretation. Scott Douglas Gerber here argues that the Constitution of the United States should be interpreted in light of the natural rights political philosophy of the Declaration of Independence and that the Supreme Court is the institution of American government that should be primarily responsible for identifying and applying that philosophy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814730892
• ISBN13: 9780814730898
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"