Moral Foundations of Constitutional Thought : Current Problems, Augustinian Prospects

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Graham Walker boldly recasts the debate over issues like constitutional interpretation and judicial review, and challenges contemporary thinking not only about specifically constitutional questions but also about liberalism, law, justice, and rights. Walker targets the ""skeptical"&qu...

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Main Author: Walker, Graham
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430
Augustine, > Saint, Bishop of Hippo > Political and social views.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430 > Political and social views.
Political and social views.
Constitutional law > Moral and ethical aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Droit constitutionnel > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
Constitutional law > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Graham Walker boldly recasts the debate over issues like constitutional interpretation and judicial review, and challenges contemporary thinking not only about specifically constitutional questions but also about liberalism, law, justice, and rights. Walker targets the ""skeptical"" moral nihilism of leading American judges and writers, on both the political left and right, charging that their premises undermine the authority of the Constitution, empty its moral words of any determinate meaning, and make nonsense of ostensibly normative theories. But he is even more worried about those who.
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9781400861446

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