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The Living Constitution and the (Almost) Dead Contracts Clause

   | Aug 04, 2020

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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.

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English
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Law, History, Philosophy and Sociology of Law, International Law, Foreign Law, Comparative Law, other, Public Law