November 05, 2013

The Fordham Law Review is out with its symposium issue on originalism.  We have noted many of these contributions here already, but they are especially impressive presented together.  (Thanks to organizer Saul Cornell for the pointer).

Editors' Foreword

Originalism: A Critical Introduction, by Keith E. Whittington

The Gravitational Force of Originalism, by Randy E. Barnett

The Inclusiveness of the New Originalism, by James E. Fleming

Originalism and Constitutional Construction, by Lawrence B. Solum

Originalism, the Why and the What, by Larry Alexander

On What Distinguishes New Originalism from Old: A Jurisprudential Take, by Mitchell N. Berman & Kevin Toh

Meaning and Belief in Constitutional Interpretation, by Andrei Marmor

Deferentialism: A Post–originalist Theory of Legal Interpretation, by Scott Soames

Originalism, Vintage or Nouveau: “He Said, She Said” Law, by Tara Smith

The New Originalism and the Uses of History, by Jack M. Balkin

Meaning and Understanding in the History of Constitutional Ideas: The Intellectual History Alternative to Originalism, by Saul Cornell

The New Originalism and the Foreign Affairs Constitution, by Andrew Kent

Original Meaning, Precedent, and Popular Sovereignty?: Whittington et al. v. Lincoln et al., by Leslie F. Goldstein

 Accepting Contested Meanings, by Bernadette Meyler

Posted at 6:53 AM