Morality imposed : the Rehnquist Court and liberty in America / Stephen E. Gottlieb.

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Gottlieb, Stephen E

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0585425000
9780585425009
0814731287
9780814731284
9780814733301
0814733301

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347.73/26/09049 21

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KF8742 .G68 2000eb

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Contents:

Preface: Why and How This Book; Origins; The Gulf; Eclectic or Unprincipled?; Three Justices in Search of a Character; Between Two Worlds; Consensus on the Left; Calculus; Where Utilitarians Diverge; Coda; Ideological Canons; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Summary: We like to think of judges and justices as making decisions based on the facts and the law. But to what extent do jurists decide cases in accordance with their own preexisting philosophy of law, and what specific ideological assumptions account for their decisions?. Stephen E. Gottlieb adopts a unique perspective on the decision-making of Supreme Court justices, blending and re-characterizing traditional accounts of political philosophy in a way that plausibly explains many of the justices' voting patterns. A seminal study of the Rehnquist Court, Morality Imposed illustrates how, in contrast t.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-321) and index.

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We like to think of judges and justices as making decisions based on the facts and the law. But to what extent do jurists decide cases in accordance with their own preexisting philosophy of law, and what specific ideological assumptions account for their decisions?. Stephen E. Gottlieb adopts a unique perspective on the decision-making of Supreme Court justices, blending and re-characterizing traditional accounts of political philosophy in a way that plausibly explains many of the justices' voting patterns. A seminal study of the Rehnquist Court, Morality Imposed illustrates how, in contrast t.

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