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Law's infamy : understanding the canon of bad law /

An analysis of how problematic laws ought to be framed and consideredFrom the murder of George Floyd to the systematic dismantling of voting rights, our laws and their implementation are actively shaping the course of our nation. But however abhorrent a legal decision might be--whether Dred Scott v....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sarat, Austin (Editor ), Douglas, Lawrence (Editor ), Umphrey, Martha Merrill (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Telling the story of law's infamy : an introduction / Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Merrill Umphrey
  • After law's infamy : judicial self-legitimation in the aftermath of judicial evil / Justin Collings
  • "The courts of the conqueror" : colonialism, the Constitution, and the time of redemption / Sherally Munshi
  • Supreme Court precedent and the politics of repudiation / Robert L. Tsai
  • Law's infamy in the U.S. "War on Terror" / Richard L. Abel
  • Law's infamy : Ashker v. Governor of California and the failures of solitary confinement reform / Keramet Reiter
  • Fame, infamy, and canonicity in American constitutional law / Paul Horwitz.