Was Slavery Unconstitutional Before the Thirteenth
Amendment?: Lysander Spooner's Theory of Interpretation
by Randy E. Barnett
Introduction
I. Spooner's Life and Career
II. Legal Indeterminacy and Need for Natural Law
III. Natural Rights and Constitutional Interpretation:
Spooner's Analysis of Slavery
Conclusion
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