Constitutional scholar George Anastaplo believes that many judges and lawyers draw upon a skimpy, if not simply unreliable, knowledge of history. He proposes that in order to write reliable opinions, these men and women must have a deeper understanding of the enduring principles upon which the law naturally tends to draw. In the study of constitutional law, Anastaplo argues that it is more important to weigh what the Supreme Court has said and how that is said -- what considerations it weighed and how -- than it is to know what it is recorded that the Court "decided." In Reflections on Constitutional Law, Anastaplo makes the case for a renewed focus on a now often-overlooked aspect of the study of law. He emphasizes the continuing significance and importance of the Constitution by thoroughly examining the most important influences on the American constitutional system, including the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence.
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Some years ago, not long after I began teaching in the Loyola School of Law, I was invited to a luncheon at the United States Supreme Court. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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United States, Supreme Court, Articles of Confederation, Civil War, Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, Commerce Clause, Chief Justice, Acts of Congress, Fourteenth Amendment, Commerce Power, Act of Congress, West Coast, Republican Form of Government, Confederate Constitution, Second World War, Civil Rights Cases, Justice Washington, Northwest Ordinance, Electoral College, State Governments, Board of Education, Japanese Americans, New York, House of Representatives New!
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- The Amendments to the Constitution: A Commentary by George Anastaplo on 4 pages
- Abraham Lincoln: A Constitutional Biography by George Anastaplo on 4 pages
- Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the American States by Charles C. (editor) Tansill in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Politics and the Constitution in the History of the United States by William W. Crosskey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Leo Strauss and His Legacy: A Bibliography by John A. Murley in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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