Constitutional interpretation divides America's legal establishment. Steven G. Calabresi brings together the voices that have shaped this battle over the past quarter century. The Northwestern law professor and Federalist Society co-founder presents speeches, panel discussions, and debates from the nation's most prominent legal experts. These thinkers wrestle with fundamental questions about how courts should read the Constitution. What did the document mean when the Founding Fathers wrote it? Should judges stick to original meanings or adapt constitutional language to modern circumstances? The collection captures heated exchanges between originalists and living constitutionalists. Both camps make their cases through rigorous argument and passionate advocacy. Calabresi offers readers direct access to the legal minds who continue building America's constitutional framework. The debates reveal how different approaches to interpretation lead to vastly different outcomes in real cases.
Genres: political-science, politics, non-fiction, law, academic, american-history
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: academic-debate, legal-arguments
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
370 pages · Kindle Edition