Mere natural law: Originalism and the anchoring truths of the Constitution

Arkes, Hadley

Mere natural law: Originalism and the anchoring truths of the Constitution Hadley Arkes. - Washington, D. C.: Regnery Gateway; 2023 - xxv, 307 p.: 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-298) and index.

The natural law challenge -- The path of vignettes -- The ploughman and the professor -- On Aquinas and that other first principle of moral judgment -- Are there natural rights? -- On civil rights : theories in search of a principle -- Speech and the erosion of relativism -- The conservatives and the lure of defensive relativism : spiraling down -- Recasting religious freedom -- The moral turn in jurisprudence -- After the overruling of Roe : the natural law moment.

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Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction.--United States
Constitutional law--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Natural law.
Constitutional law
Constitutional law--Moral and ethical aspects
Natural law


United States

KF4552 / .A75 2023

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