Title

Connecting the Rule of Recognition and Intentionalist Interpretation: An Essay in Honor of Richard Kay

Abstract

This article, written in honor of Rick Kay and his distinguished career, addresses two areas of mutual interest: the foundations of legal systems and legal interpretation as a quest for lawmakers’ intended meanings. I attempt to show how these two topics are connected.

Keywords

Rule of Recognition, Intended meanings, Validity, Revolution, Constituent Authority

Document Type

Article

Year

2019

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