Reflective equilibrium and constitutional method: Lessons from John McCain and the Natural-Born citizenship clause

The Challenge of Originalism: Theories of Constitutional Interpretation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 246-284

  Berman, Mitchell N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139003926.013     Document Type: Chapter

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