TY - BOOK AU - Greenawalt,Kent TI - Interpreting the Constitution SN - 9780199756155 (hardback : alk. paper) U1 - 342.73 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Constitutional law KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The nature of constitutions : basic questions about their interpretation -- Multiple interpretive criteria -- Original understanding : what is relevant and how much does it count? -- Employing multiple standards -- Neutral principles or "objective" standards : their relevance and attainability -- Cruel and unusual punishment -- Federal separation of powers -- Federal powers -- Freedom of speech and the press -- The religion clauses -- Criminal process : the right to counsel, unreasonable searches and seizures, and the privilege against self-incrimination -- Equal protection -- Conclusion ER -