Rethinking "Original Intent"

Authors

David B. Lyons, Boston Univeristy School of LawFollow

Author granted license

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1990

ISSN

0010-8839

Publisher

Cornell University

Language

en-US

Abstract

Although Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the Supreme Court's most controversial decisions, it is not often taught or read. But its approach to constitutional interpretation is by no means outdated, and its historical importance has not diminished. So it seems a good example to consider.

Comments

Derived from the author's paper "Basic Rights and Constitutional Interpretation." Social Theory and Practice, vol. 16, no. 3, 1990, pp. 337–57.

Recommended Citation

David B. Lyons, Rethinking "Original Intent" , in 17 Cornell Law Forum 16 (1990).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/2787