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Artigos • Rev. Investig. Const. 3 (2) • May-Aug 2016 • https://doi.org//10.5380/rinc.v3i2.46295   copy

Coherence and faith: constitutional interpretation by Akhil Amar and Philip Bobbitt* * Akhil Amar and Philip Bobbitt are Professors of Law at, respectively, Yale Law School and Columbia Law School. They annually teach a seminar at Yale on the topic of “Constitutional Interpretation”, as a student of which I explored most of the themes covered in this paper. I thank both Professors for generously commenting on earlier drafts, as well as my colleagues in the seminar, for the enriching discussion of the topic.

Coerência e fé: interpretação constitucional por Akhil Amar e Philip Bobbitt

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Abstract

The approaches to constitutional interpretation of Professors Akhil Amar and Philip Bobbitt provide a window into the field of the American legal debate. This paper offers an analysis of the jurisprudence of two of the greatest constitutional scholars of our days, confronted in two axis of significant value for scholars: who should interpret and what should be interpreted. In determining the range of authoritative interpretation in the judiciary and beyond, and limiting the body of materials available for interpreters in remarkably different ways, these scholars provide a wide and precise picture of the constitutional landscape while also indicating how radically different approaches to interpretation may pursue the same principled ends.

Keywords:
constitutional interpretation; catholic; protestant; faith; indeterminacy

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