Behind the mask of method: Political orientation and constitutional interpretive preferences

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 502-510

  Furgeson, Joshua R ^a   Babcock, Linda ^b   Shane, Peter M ^c  

^a Argosy Foundation   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutional interpretation; Interpretive methodology; Originalism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; POLITICS;

CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949130360     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9112-x     Document Type: Article

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