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Liberalism at the Crossroads offers succinct, accessible, and
well-written surveys of the ideas of the leading participants in
the contemporary philosophical debate about liberalism. Christopher
Wolfe brings together analyses of leading liberal thinkers from
across the spectrum as well as influential critics of liberalism,
including John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin, Robert Nozick, Michael
Sandel, Richard Rorty, Joseph Raz, and William Galston. For the
second edition, each chapter has been thoroughly revised, and new
chapters on Susan Moller Okin, Richard Posner, and John Finnis have
been added to include representatives of liberal feminism, law and
economics, and natural law. The result is an invaluable overview of
contemporary political theory, ideal for both students and
scholars.
Arguments over constitutional interpretation increasingly highlight
the full range of political, moral, and cultural fault lines in
American society. Yet all the contending parties claim fealty to
the Constitution. This volume brings together some of America's
leading scholars of constitutional originalism to reflect on the
nature and significance of various approaches to constitutional
interpretation and controversies. Throughout the book, the
contributors highlight the moral and political dimensions of
constitutional interpretation. In doing so, they bring
constitutional interpretation and its attendant disputes down from
the clouds, showing their relationship to the concerns of the
citizen. In addition to matters of interpretation, the book deals
with the proper role of the judiciary in a free society, the
relationship of law to politics, and the relationship of
constitutional originalism to the deepest concerns of political
thought and philosophy.
Arguments over constitutional interpretation increasingly highlight
the full range of political, moral, and cultural fault lines in
American society. Yet all the contending parties claim fealty to
the Constitution. This volume brings together some of America's
leading scholars of constitutional originalism to reflect on the
nature and significance of various approaches to constitutional
interpretation and controversies. Throughout the book, the
contributors highlight the moral and political dimensions of
constitutional interpretation. In doing so, they bring
constitutional interpretation and its attendant disputes down from
the clouds, showing their relationship to the concerns of the
citizen. In addition to matters of interpretation, the book deals
with the proper role of the judiciary in a free society, the
relationship of law to politics, and the relationship of
constitutional originalism to the deepest concerns of political
thought and philosophy.
Over the years the Supreme Court of the United States, and other
courts, have been subjects of controversy, disagreement, praise,
and condemnation. Many of the expressed misgivings regarding the
expansion of judicial power have been born out by the decisions
reflected not only in the verdicts of the Supreme Court of the
United States, but also in other judicial forums of American
society. The effect of these decisions has resulted in an attack on
the American civil society that compels the nation to follow
courses of development that, were they to be legitimate, would have
emanated from the political institutions of the country, not from
the legal institutions. The Most Dangerous Branch is a collection
of essays that provide support for these contentions and hope to
prompt citizens to demand greater responsibility by the courts and
their adherence to their proper role in a system under the rule of
law.
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