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Law and Democracy in the Empire of Force
H. Jefferson Powell and James Boyd White, editorsJames Boyd White is Hart Wright Professor of Law emeritus and Professor of English emeritus, at the University of Michigan. His latest book is Living Speech: Resisting the Empire of Force.
"An extraordinary collection of provocative, insightful, and inspiring essays on the future of law and democracy in the twenty-first century."
---Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago
"These thoughtful essays diagnose democracy's perilous present, and---more importantly---they explore avenues to democracy's rescue through humanization of law."
---Kenneth L. Karst, David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA
Contributors
Martin Böhmer, Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires, Argentina
M. Cathleen Kaveny, University of Notre Dame
Howard Lesnick, University of Pennsylvania
The Honorable John T. Noonan Jr., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
H. Jefferson Powell, Duke University
Jedediah Purdy, Duke University
Jed Rubenfeld, Yale University
A.W. Brian Simpson, University of Michigan
Barry Sullivan, Jenner and Block LLP, Chicago
Joseph Vining, University of Michigan
Robin West, Georgetown University
James Boyd White, University of Michigan
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Contents
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Introduction
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Languages of Politics in America
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Democracy and Prophecy
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Ennobling Politics
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An Oresteia for Argentina: Between Fraternity and the Rule of Law
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Moral Disagreement in a Culture of Certainty
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The Resilience of Law
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Justice Jackson's Republic and Ours
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Privacy's End
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Anti-Social Behaviour Orders in the United Kingdom
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Conscience and the Constitution
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Law as a Tool
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Law, Economics, and Torture
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Contributors
- 978-0-472-02442-1 (ebook)
- 978-0-472-11684-3 (hardcover)