Reading Text and Polity: Hermeneutics and Constitutional Theory

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Cover of the book Reading Text and Polity: Hermeneutics and Constitutional Theory by Simeon C.R. McIntosh, Caribbean Law Publishing
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Author: Simeon C.R. McIntosh ISBN: 9789768167675
Publisher: Caribbean Law Publishing Publication: March 31, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Simeon C.R. McIntosh
ISBN: 9789768167675
Publisher: Caribbean Law Publishing
Publication: March 31, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

The critical importance of interpretation to the enterprise of constitutional adjudication has been highlighted recently by several cases out of the Commonwealth Caribbean. In Reading Text and Polity, noted law Professor Simeon McIntosh contends that hermeneutics – the art of interpretation – is central to how Caribbean constitutions are read and in turn, is a fundamental political act defining not only individuals, but communities.   In this collection of essays, McIntosh argues that the received ways of reading Caribbean Constitutions have resulted in Caribbean societies being trapped within a colonial hermeneutic.  Confronted with some of the same philosophical issues evident in American constitutional theory, Caribbean constitutional theory has also had to deal with judicial authority and the constraints on legitimate interpretation. The retention of the special savings clause in most of the Caribbean constitutions has resulted in a fixing of the meaning of the constitutional text giving rise to a virtual cap on the nature and scope of adjudication  and consequently the true authority of the Judicial system in a constitutional democracy.  Reading Text and Polity addresses this fundamental challenge of interpretation and implications for the role of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

Simeon C.R. McIntosh is former Dean and Professor of Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill and Professor Emeritus at Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C.

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The critical importance of interpretation to the enterprise of constitutional adjudication has been highlighted recently by several cases out of the Commonwealth Caribbean. In Reading Text and Polity, noted law Professor Simeon McIntosh contends that hermeneutics – the art of interpretation – is central to how Caribbean constitutions are read and in turn, is a fundamental political act defining not only individuals, but communities.   In this collection of essays, McIntosh argues that the received ways of reading Caribbean Constitutions have resulted in Caribbean societies being trapped within a colonial hermeneutic.  Confronted with some of the same philosophical issues evident in American constitutional theory, Caribbean constitutional theory has also had to deal with judicial authority and the constraints on legitimate interpretation. The retention of the special savings clause in most of the Caribbean constitutions has resulted in a fixing of the meaning of the constitutional text giving rise to a virtual cap on the nature and scope of adjudication  and consequently the true authority of the Judicial system in a constitutional democracy.  Reading Text and Polity addresses this fundamental challenge of interpretation and implications for the role of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

Simeon C.R. McIntosh is former Dean and Professor of Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill and Professor Emeritus at Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C.

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