Raoul Berger
Raoul Berger · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Constitutional scholar and early advocate of originalist interpretation of the Constitution
1901, Russian Empire — 2000, USA
United States
Raoul Berger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Constitutional scholar and early advocate of originalist interpretation of the Constitution
Raoul Berger was a constitutional scholar at Harvard and an early, influential advocate of originalism — interpreting the U.S. Constitution according to its framers' intent. His books, including 'Government by Judiciary,' shaped decades of debate over judicial power. He was Jewish and immigrated from Russia as a child.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
Constitutional scholar and early advocate of originalist interpretation of the Constitution
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence
Similar Contributors
Daniel Farber
Felix Frankfurter
Laurence H. Tribe
Lawrence Gene Sager
Paul Brest
