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The Law as it Could Be.
The Law As It Could Be gathers Fiss's most important work on procedure, adjudication and public reason, introduced by the author and including contextual introductions for each piece--some of which are among the most cited in Twentieth Century legal studies. Fiss surveys the legal terrain betwe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Law As It Could Be gathers Fiss's most important work on procedure, adjudication and public reason, introduced by the author and including contextual introductions for each piece--some of which are among the most cited in Twentieth Century legal studies. Fiss surveys the legal terrain between the landmark cases of Brown v. Board of Education and Bush v. Gore to reclaim the legal legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. He argues forcefully for a vision of judges as instruments of public reason and of the courts as a means of shaping society in the image of the Constitution. In building his argu. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (302 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-281) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814728611 0814728618 0814727263 9780814727263 0814727255 9780814727256 0814728375 9780814728376 |