Hiding the Ball

Schlag, Pierre

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Hiding the Ball

Pierre Schlag

University of Colorado Law School

1996

New York University Law Review, Vol. 71, No. 1681, 1996

Abstract:
In the work of constitutional theorists such as Jack Balkin, Randy Barnett, Cass Sunstein, (and many others), constitutional law is enjoying a renaissance of the interpretive debates - how (best) to interpret, “The Constitution”. The essay, “Hiding the Ball” argues that the interpretation controversies in constitutional law are fundamentally infirm (and largely beside the point) given the weak ontology of the object under discussion, to wit: The Constitution.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 39

Keywords: interpretation, constitutional interpretation, ontology, legal ontology, hermeneutics

JEL Classification: K00

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Date posted: February 23, 2010

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Schlag, Pierre, Hiding the Ball (1996). New York University Law Review, Vol. 71, No. 1681, 1996. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1557247

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