Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths : The Touchstone of the Natural Law (Paperback)

Introduction: the anchoring common sense and the puzzles of the law; 1. On the novelties of an old constitution: settled principles and unsettling surprises; 2. The natural law - again, ever; 3. Lochner and the cast of our law; 4. The strange case of prior restraint: the Pentagon Papers; 5. Near revisited; 6. The saga of Frank Snepp and the new regime of previous restraints; 7. And yet … a good word on behalf of the legal positivists; 8. Conclusion and afterword.