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A Debt Against the Living
- An Introduction to Originalism
- De: Ilan Wurman
- Narrado por: Ilan Wurman
- Duración: 6 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Thomas Jefferson famously wrote that the earth belongs to the living. His letter to James Madison is often quoted for the proposition that we should not be bound to the "dead hand of the past", suggesting that the constitution should, instead, be interpreted as a living, breathing document. Less well-known is Madison's response, in which he said the improvements made by the dead - including the US Constitution - form a debt against the living who benefit from them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible Introduction to Modern Originalism
- De Michael en 03-14-22
- A Debt Against the Living
- An Introduction to Originalism
- De: Ilan Wurman
- Narrado por: Ilan Wurman
Incredible Introduction to Modern Originalism
Revisado: 03-14-22
Professor Wurman takes an interpretational philosophy that is often-times intentionally misunderstood and maligned by undisciplined judicial theorists and makes it easily digestible for those who are interested in actually understanding the Originalist view.
Even if you don't come out the other side a converted Originalist, the book is worth the short time investment, presenting a logical, methodical counter to the undisciplined judicial activism that runs rampant through American courts today, while simultaneously rebutting the idea that modern law is utterly bound by 18th-century social structures. Professor Wurman describes the inherent brilliance of the Constitution as a document both for change and for constraining the tyranny of the majority, and the superiority of the Originalist view for fully realizing that goal.
Highly recommended.
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The Second Founding
- An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment
- De: Ilan Wurman
- Narrado por: Ilan Wurman
- Duración: 5 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
In The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment, Ilan Wurman provides an illuminating introduction to the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment's famous provisions "due process of law", "equal protection of the laws", and the "privileges or immunities" of citizenship. He begins by exploring the antebellum legal meanings of these concepts, starting from Magna Carta, the Statutes of Edward III, and the Petition of Right to William Blackstone and antebellum state court cases.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Erudite but wrong
- De Thomas S. Hudson en 01-19-23
- The Second Founding
- An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment
- De: Ilan Wurman
- Narrado por: Ilan Wurman
Easy to Understand and Highly Instructive
Revisado: 03-14-22
Conveniently broken up into distinct, easy-to-understand topics, and then succinctly combined into a cohesive whole in the final few chapters, this short book is an awesome introduction to a modern Originalist view of the 14th Amendment. Professor Wurman is an incredible Originalist thinker, providing a common-sense framework to constitutional interpretation that both properly constrains the judiciary to the original meaning of our country's founding documents, and allows the necessary flexibility to handle the modern world.
Highly recommended.
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