Title: A Brief History of Originalism in American Constitutional Interpretation
Abstract: The history of American constitutional interpretation has largely been an originalist one. At the Founding, the Framers and Ratifiers employed originalism when debating, drafting, and authorizing the Constitution. They did so against a background of originalist conventions of legal interpretation. Throughout the nineteenth century and – though subject to greater criticism and exceptions – up to the New Deal, originalism continued to be the dominant method of constitutional interpretation.
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Date: 2019-07-22
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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