Intratextualism
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Intratextualism is a method of interpreting the US Constitution in which words and phrases from one clause are compared and contrasted with the same or similar words and phrases from elsewhere in the Constitution. This method contrasts with, and is a useful corrective to, textualism which interprets the Constitution's clauses in isolation from each other. A more holistic view of the Constitution can be achieved through an intratextualist rereading of important constitutional cases.
Publication Name: Harvard Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0017-811X
Year: 1999
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Hercules, Herbert, and Amar: the trouble with intratextualism
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The authors examine Akhil Reed Amar's argument that the US Constitution should be interpreted holistically rather clause by clause. Amar's intratextualism approach to constitutional interpretation is praised for its new insights, but criticized for its tendency to distort constitutional meaning by downplaying other sources of meaning.
Publication Name: Harvard Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0017-811X
Year: 2000
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Foreword: the document and the doctrine
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The author evaluates cases decided during the US Supreme Court's 1999 term and examines the Court's doctrine against the Constitution. Political issues raised during the year are examined.
Publication Name: Harvard Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0017-811X
Year: 2000
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