{"product_id":"to-secure-these-rights-the-declaration-of-independence-and-constitutional-interpretation-9780814730898","title":"To Secure These Rights: The Declaration of Independence and Constitutional Interpretation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo Secure These Rights\u003c\/b\u003e enters the fascinating--and often contentious--debate over constitutional interpretation. Scott Douglas Gerber here argues that the Constitution of the United States should be interpreted in light of the natural rights political philosophy of the Declaration of Independence and that the Supreme Court is the institution of American government that should be primarily responsible for identifying and applying that philosophy in American life.\u003cbr\u003eImportantly, the theory advanced in this book--what Gerber calls liberal originalism--is neither consistently liberal nor consistently conservative in the modern conception of those terms. Rather, the theory is liberal in the classic sense of viewing the basic purpose of government to be safeguarding the natural rights of individuals. As Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men. In essence, Gerber maintains that the Declaration articulates the philosophical ends of our nation and that the Constitution embodies the means to effectuate those ends. Gerber's analysis reveals that the Constitution cannot be properly understood without recourse to history, political philosophy, and law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Douglas Gerber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 5.88w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814730898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerber, Scott Douglas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eScott Douglas Gerber, Ph.D., J.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, is author of \u003ci\u003eTo Secure These Rights: The Declaration of Independence and Constitutional Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eSeriatim: The Supreme Court before John Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e, both available from New York University Press. He teaches at Ohio Northern University College of Law.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183695081587,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_dcaa9418-181f-42e6-9718-ffa2829df13a.jpg?v=1655557930","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/to-secure-these-rights-the-declaration-of-independence-and-constitutional-interpretation-9780814730898","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}