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The Living Constitution and the (Almost) Dead Contracts Clause

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AuthorThomas Halper
PositionProfessor, Political Science, Baruch College & CUNY Graduate Center
Pages387-403
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

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Under pressure to adapt to changing circumstances, the contract clause, though
expressed in absolute terms, may now be violated for almost any reason at all. The
living Constitution, in short, has virtually killed what was once a key constitutional
provision.

Living Constitution; Contract Clause; Balancing Test; Home Building Association
v. Blaisdell; Sveen v. Melin
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© 2020 Thomas Halper, published by Sciendo.
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          
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 supra
  
     



 The Yankee Spyin
  

 
   Changing Metaphors of Political Structures   

Analysis by Metaphor
          

 
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