Justice and empathy toward a constitutional ideal

"An impassioned argument for the role of courts as a moral and social agent for change and protecting the vulnerable. The Supreme Court long considered its highest mission to be the protection of individual liberty from intrusion by government, but the court shifted its focus to social and econ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Burt, Robert, 1939- autor (autor), Iacobucci, Frank, editor, autor (editor), Post, Robert, 1947- autor
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press 2017
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991007094189706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Conté: Introduction / by Frank Iacobucci
  • A living truth
  • Judicial power to command
  • All that is solid
  • This word "reason"
  • The healthiest possible soul
  • The democratic path
  • Enslaving criminals
  • Respecting same-sex relations
  • Abortion : private and public considerations
  • Race relations : between emancipation and subjugation
  • Ordering moral deliberations