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The Law as it Could Be (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,694
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The Law as it Could Be (Hardcover, New): Owen Fiss

The Law as it Could Be (Hardcover, New)

Owen Fiss

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"An uplifting book."
--"Choice"

"Refreshingly straightforward. Fiss writes in the style of John Marshall, sweeping the reader along with vigorous argumentation."
--"The Law and Politics Book Review"

The Law As It Could Be gathers Fiss's most important work on procedure, adjudication and public reason, introduced by the author and including contextual introductions for each piece--some of which are among the most cited in Twentieth Century legal studies. Fiss surveys the legal terrain between the landmark cases of "Brown v. Board of Education" and "Bush v. Gore" to reclaim the legal legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. He argues forcefully for a vision of judges as instruments of public reason and of the courts as a means of shaping society in the image of the Constitution.

In building his argument, Fiss attends to topics as diverse as the use of the injunction to restructure social institutions; how law and economics have misunderstood the role of the judge; why the movement seeking alternatives to adjudication fails to serve the public interest; and why "Bush v. Gore" was not the constitutional crisis some would have us believe. In so doing, Fiss reveals a vision of adjudication that vindicates the public reason on which "Brown v. Board of Education" was founded.

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Imprint: New York University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2003
First published: September 2003
Authors: Owen Fiss
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 287
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-2725-6
Categories: Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General
LSN: 0-8147-2725-5
Barcode: 9780814727256

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