Mere natural law: Originalism and the anchoring truths of the Constitution - Arkes, Hadley (Washington, D. C.: Regnery Gateway, 2023)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-298) and index.
Keywords: Constitutional law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction; Constitutional law -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Natural law; Constitutional law; Constitutional law -- Moral and ethical aspects; Natural law; United States