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12/04/2012

Liberty Forum: The Constitution and the Common Law
Michael Ramsey

James Stoner (LSU Political Science): Why You Can't Understand the Constitution without the Common Law.

With responses from Hadley Arkes, Peeling Back the Common Law: Reflections Stirred by James Stoner on the Common Law, and John McGinnis, Common Law Constitutionalism: Tradition v. Interpretive Process.

Via Richard Reinsch at Liberty Law Blog, who comments here.

FURTHER NOTE: worth mentioning again, in this context, is this outstanding paper by Stephen Sachs (Duke Law School): Constitutional Backdrops.

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