Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1981
Abstract
Recent federal court of appeals decisions have relied on fundamental human rights norms to inform constitutional interpretation. This comment reviews the reasoning in those cases to identify possible constitutional uses of fundamental human rights norms and to suggest some conceptual framework for their use. The need for such a framework is illustrated by the cases themselves, which seem disparate and disjointed, with no discernible coherent philosophy, though each makes good sense when considered alone.
Recommended Citation
Christenson, Gordon A., "The Uses of Human Rights Norms to Inform Constitutional Interpretation" (1981). Faculty Articles and Other Publications. 163.
https://scholarship.law.uc.edu/fac_pubs/163