Methods of interpretation : how the Supreme Court reads the Constitution / Lackland H. Bloom, Jr.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2009.

1st edition

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United States. -- Supreme Court -- History.

Judicial process -- United States.

Law -- Interpretation and construction -- United States.

Judicial review -- United States.

Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Chapter 11. Chapter 12. Chapter 13. Textualism and its canons

Intratextualism and textual purpose

Original understanding : preconstitutional sources and the drafting and ratification process

Original understanding : contemporaneous understanding and interpretive issues

Tradition and practice

Structural reasoning

Precedent

Deriving doctrine

Shaping, clarifying, and changing doctrine

Consequential reasoning

Ethical argument

Rhetoric in constitutional interpretation

Synthesis.

Detailed table of contents available via online link.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Oxford scholarship online. Law collection.

9780195377118

xxv, 566 p. ; 24 cm