Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
ISSN
0040-4411
Publisher
University of Texas School of Law
Language
en-US
Abstract
Steve Calabresi and Sofia Vickery have done a great service by uncovering the pre-Fourteenth Amendment case law in state courts interpreting and applying state constitutional provisions which contain "Lockean" language guaranteeing rights to life, liberty, property, safety, happiness, or some combination of those rights.' These cases are manifestly one of the keys to understanding the legal world in which the Fourteenth Amendment was crafted and ratified. It is instructive and fascinating to see the development and application of these Lockean provisions, whose influence 2 seems to have spread beyond this country. It is a pleasure and honor to be asked to comment on this article.
Recommended Citation
Gary S. Lawson,
Understanding State Constitutions: Locke and Key
,
in
93
Texas Law Review See Also
203
(2015).
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https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/2548
