{"title":"Randy E. Barnett","description":"\u003cp\u003eRandy E. Barnett’s works delve into the intricate foundations of constitutional law and American history, offering rigorous analysis of legal principles and their implications. His writing illuminates pivotal aspects of the Constitution, inviting readers to explore its original meanings and ongoing relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for those interested in \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/em\u003e studies, Barnett’s books provide a thoughtful examination of landmark legal concepts, fostering a deeper understanding of America's constitutional heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-original-meaning-of-the-fourteenth-amendment-by-randy-e-barnett-9780674295537","title":"The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eFederalist\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An important contribution to our understanding of the 14th Amendment.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"By any standard an important contribution…A must-read.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- National Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The most detailed legal history to date of the constitutional amendment that changed American law more than any before or since…The corpus of legal scholarship is richer for it.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Washington Examiner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdopted in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment profoundly changed the Constitution, giving the federal judiciary and Congress new powers to protect the fundamental rights of individuals from being violated by the states. Yet, the Supreme Court has long misunderstood or ignored the original meaning of its key Section I clauses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBarnett and Bernick contend that the Fourteenth Amendment must be understood as the culmination of decades of debate about the meaning of the antebellum Constitution. In the course of this debate, antislavery advocates advanced arguments informed by natural rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the common law, as well as what is today called public-meaning originalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors show how these arguments and the principles of the Declaration in particular eventually came to modify the Constitution. They also propose workable doctrines for implementing the amendment's key provisions covering the privileges and immunities of citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000802951404,"sku":"9780674295537","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1457253482428.jpg?v=1763306083"},{"product_id":"restoring-the-lost-constitution-by-randy-e-barnett-9780691159737","title":"Restoring the Lost Constitution","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Constitution found in school textbooks and under glass in Washington is not the one enforced today by the Supreme Court. In \u003cem\u003eRestoring the Lost Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e, Randy Barnett argues that since the nation's founding, but especially since the 1930s, the courts have been cutting holes in the original Constitution and its amendments to eliminate the parts that protect liberty from the power of government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Commerce Clause, to the Necessary and Proper Clause, to the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, to the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court has rendered each of these provisions toothless. In the process, the written Constitution has been lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBarnett establishes the original meaning of these lost clauses and offers a practical way to restore them to their central role in constraining government: adopting a \u003cem\u003epresumption of liberty\u003c\/em\u003e to give the benefit of the doubt to citizens when laws restrict their rightful exercises of liberty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe also provides a new, realistic and philosophically rigorous theory of constitutional legitimacy that justifies both interpreting the Constitution according to its original meaning and, where that meaning is vague or open-ended, construing it so as to better protect the rights retained by the people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs clearly argued as it is insightful and provocative, \u003cem\u003eRestoring the Lost Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e forcefully disputes the conventional wisdom, posing a powerful challenge to which others must now respond. This updated edition features an afterword with further reflections on individual popular sovereignty, originalist interpretation, judicial engagement, and the gravitational force that original meaning has exerted on the Supreme Court in several recent cases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597893255404,"sku":"9780691159737","price":91.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/026d0d3e3a906c7a5f57678ea3e28375.jpg?v=1778027834"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/randy-e-barnett.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}