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Constitutions of no authority: Spoonerian reflections

Author(s)
Casey, Gerard  
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5409
Date Issued
2010-01
Date Available
2014-02-20T15:46:34Z
Abstract
Using the work of Lysander Spooner, I argue that, given that there is little or no explicit consent to constitutions and that the doctrine of tacit consent is nonsensical, Constitutions are thus without authority.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
The Independant Institute
Journal
Independent Review
Volume
14
Issue
3
Start Page
325
End Page
340
Copyright (Published Version)
2013, The Independent Institute
Subjects

Law

Constitutional interp...

Originalism

Vitalism

Constitutions

Contract

Politics

Web versions
http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_14_03_01_casey.pdf
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1086-1653
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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