Law and democracy in the empire of force

Law and democracy in the empire of force [electronic resource] / edited by H. Jefferson Powell and James Boyd White. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009. - 285 p.

Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Michigan Law School, April 13-14, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references.

Languages of politics in America / Jedediah Purdy -- Democracy and prophecy / M. Cathleen Kaveny -- Ennobling politics / Robin West -- An oresteia for Argentina : between fraternity and the rule of law / Martin Bohmer -- Moral disagreement in a culture of certainty / Howard Lesnick -- The resilience of law / Joseph Vining -- Justice Jackson's republic and ours / Barry Sullivan -- Privacy's end / Jed Rubenfeld -- Anti-social behaviour orders in the United Kingdom / A.W. Brian Simpson -- Conscience and the constitution / John T. Noonan Jr -- Law as a tool / H. Jefferson Powell -- Law, economics, and torture / James Boyd White.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





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