Judicial power and American character: censoring ourselves in an anxious age
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1. Verfasser: Nagel, Robert F. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 1996, ©1994
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Beschreibung:Originally published: 1994
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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 that constitutional interpretation is often used to stifle political disagreement and, ultimately, to censor our own beliefs and traditions. The discussion ranges over such controversial topics as political correctness on the campus and in the case law, resistance to constitutional rights like abort
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