Document Type
Article
Publication Title
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
Abstract
Challenges the common thinking about the use of history in constitutional interpretation. Replacement of the apparent choice between anachronistic originalism or non-historical living constitutionalism; Alteration in the constitutional values passed from generation to generation; Interpretive methodology to resolve the tension between originalism and living constitutionalism.
First Page
1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2307/3312757
Volume
147
Publication Date
1998
Recommended Citation
Friedman, Barry and Smith, Scott B., "The Sedimentary Constitution" (1998). Faculty Articles. 437.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-articles/437
