Law's Infamy : Understanding the Canon of Bad Law /

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"This book takes up the question of whether and how to tell the story of the law's infamy. It examines when and why the word infamy should be used to characterize legal decisions or actions taken in the name of the law. It does so while acknowledging that law's infamy by no means a fa...

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Otros Autores: Umphrey, Martha Merrill (Editor ), Douglas, Lawrence (Editor ), Sarat, Austin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Supreme Court.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
Political questions and judicial power.
Law reform.
Justice, Administration of.
Judicial process.
Constitutional law.
LAW / General.
Droit > Reforme > États-Unis.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
Processus judiciaire > États-Unis.
Constitutional law > United States > Cases.
Law reform > United States.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Judicial process > United States.
Justice, Administration of > United States.
United States.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Electronic books.
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
  • 1. After law's infamy : judicial self-legitimation in the aftermath of judicial evil / Justin Collings
  • 2. "The courts of the conqueror" : colonialism, the Constitution, and the time of redemption / Sherally Munshi
  • 3. Supreme Court precedent and the politics of repudiation / Robert L. Tsai
  • 4. Law's infamy in the U.S. "War on Terror" / Richard L. Abel
  • 5. Law's infamy : Ashker v. Governor of California and the failures of solitary confinement reform / Keramet Reiter
  • 6. Fame, infamy, and canonicity in American constitutional law / Paul Horwitz
  • Acknowledgments - About the contributors
  • About the editors
  • Index.

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