Interpretative duplicity: Juridical interpretation in general and constitutional interpretation

Theories of Constitutional Interpretation

Meaning and Belief in Constitutional Interpretation

Contempoary Perspectives on Constitutional Interpretation *683 AUTONOMY'S MAGIC WAND: ABORTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION

Constitutional law changes, even though the Constitution remains the same. American abortion law aptly illustrates this point. Although the text of the Fourteenth Amendment has remained constant since the United States Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade [FN1] in 1973, the Court has altered its position on the constitutionality of restrictive abortion statutes. According to Roe, the Due Process C...

Selected Theories of Constitutional Interpretation

The United States Constitution, as amended, is a complex legal document which sets out the structure of the federal government, the legal authorities of that government (and, to a lesser extent, state governments), and, finally, a series of legal disabilities on the exercise of those authorities (such as protections for individual rights). The document also addresses the complicated legal relat...

Autonomy's magic wand: abortion and constitutional interpretation.

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