Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-18-2015
Abstract
In An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States Charles A Beard argued that the framers advocated for and defended the Constitution because of their personal economic interest that the pursuit of common good was not so much a motive as a veneer The current historical consensus is that Beards thrust is incorrect In this essay I largely agree with this assessment but his economic approach can add an important element to the discussion of constitutional history And though his economic depiction does not closely fit the framing of the Constitution it uncannily fits the Roberts Courts current interpretation of our constitutional order
Recommended Citation
Feldman, Stephen Matthew, "The Interpretation of Constitutional History, or Charles Beard Becomes a Fortuneteller (with an Emphasis on Free Expression)" (2015). Faculty Articles. 102.
https://scholarship.law.uwyo.edu/faculty_articles/102
First Page
323