Judicial power and American character : censoring ourselves in an anxious age /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
1996, ©1994.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.