Book contents
- Originalism’s Promise
- Originalism’s Promise
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I A Description of Originalism
- Part II Originalism Is the Best Explanation of Our Existing Constitutional Practice and the Most Normatively Attractive Theory of Constitutional Interpretation
- Conclusion
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2019
- Originalism’s Promise
- Originalism’s Promise
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I A Description of Originalism
- Part II Originalism Is the Best Explanation of Our Existing Constitutional Practice and the Most Normatively Attractive Theory of Constitutional Interpretation
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
Originalism’s promise is to secure the common good of the United States and thereby provide the background conditions for Americans today to pursue human flourishing. Originalism makes good on this promise through its faithfulness to the Constitution’s original meaning, which is the mechanism by which the Constitution’s authoritative, prudential, coordinating decisions overcome coordination problems and secure the common good. Originalism’s capacity to secure the common good provides sound reasons for judges and other interpreters to utilize it. This law-as-coordination account of originalism is a specific application of the Aristotelian philosophical tradition’s conception of law.
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- Originalism's PromiseA Natural Law Account of the American Constitution, pp. 310Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019