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Worse Than Nothing

The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2022

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Why originalism is a flawed, incoherent, and dangerously ideological method of constitutional interpretation

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Erwin Chemerinsky is Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law and Dean of the Berkeley Law School, University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of fifteen books, including Free Speech on Campus and Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable.

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    Frontmatter

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    CONTENTS

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    PREFACE

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    Chapter 1 THE RISE OF ORIGINALISM

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    Chapter 2 THE ALLURE OF ORIGINALISM

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    Chapter 3 THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL PROBLEM

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    Chapter 4 THE INCOHERENCE PROBLEM

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    Chapter 5 THE ABHORRENCE PROBLEM

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    Chapter 6 THE MODERNITY PROBLEM

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    Chapter 7 THE HYPOCRISY PROBLEM

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    Chapter 8 IN DEFENSE OF NON-ORIGINALISM

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    Chapter 9 WE SHOULD BE AFRAID

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    NOTES

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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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    INDEX

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