The return of George Sutherland restoring a jurisprudence of natural rights
In this book, Hadley Arkes seeks to restore, for a new generation, the jurisprudence of the late Justice of the Supreme Court George Sutherland - a jurisprudence anchored in the understanding of natural rights. The doctrine of natural rights has become controversial in our own time, while Sutherland...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Princeton, NJ u.a.
Princeton Univ. Press
1994
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | In this book, Hadley Arkes seeks to restore, for a new generation, the jurisprudence of the late Justice of the Supreme Court George Sutherland - a jurisprudence anchored in the understanding of natural rights. The doctrine of natural rights has become controversial in our own time, while Sutherland has been widely maligned and screened from our historical memory He is remembered today as one of the "four horsemen" who resisted Roosevelt and the New Deal; but we have forgotten his leadership in the cause of votes for women. Both liberal and conservative jurists now deride Sutherland, and yet they both continue to draw upon his writings. Liberals look to Sutherland for a jurisprudence that protects "privacy" against the rule of majorities, on abortion and gay rights. His defense of freedom in the economy will appeal to conservatives |
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| Beschreibung: | XIV, 297 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0691034729 0-691-03472-9 |