Judicial power and American character : censoring ourselves in an anxious age /

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This original work is an unusual effort to relate modern constitutional politics to the moral character of American culture. Writing in non-technical language, Nagel demonstrates how judicial decisions embody wider social tendencies toward moral evasiveness, privatization, and opportunism. He shows...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nagel, Robert F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1996, ©1994.
Subjects:
Judicial power > United States.
Constitutional law > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
Droit constitutionnel > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Constitutional law > Moral and ethical aspects
Judicial power
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The Court as Cultural Barometer; 2. Watching Ourselves: The Thomas Hearings and National Character; 3. Shaping Law: Elitism and Democracy in the Bork Hearings; 4. Marching on Constitution Avenue: Public Protest and the Court; 5. Speaking before All Others: Interpretation as the Suppression of Disagreement; 6. Pursuing Visions: Interpretation as Moral Evasion; 7. Correcting the Political: Interpretation as Mind Control; 8. Arguing with Enemies: Interpretation as Invective; 9. Censoring Ourselves; Notes; Index.

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