Freedom's law : the moral reading of the American Constitution

Type

Book

Authors

Dworkin, Ronald

ISBN 10

0674319273

ISBN 13

9780674319271

DDC

342.73

Tags

General, Jurisprudence, Democracy, Constitutional law, Political Ideologies, Constitution, American General Law

Abstract

"Dworkin argues that Americans have been systemically misled about what their Constitution is and how judges decide what it means. What does its abstract language mean when it is applied to the political controversies that divide Americans--about affirmative action, euthanasia, censorship, pornography, and homosexuality, for example? Is the moral reading of the Constitution--the only reading that really makes sense--really undemocratic? In this fascinating book, Dworkin discusses these and other aspects of the document." - Voila

Description

Content:
I. Life, death, and race : 1. Roe in danger -- 2. Verdict postponed -- 3. What the Constitution says -- 4. Roe was saved -- 5. Do we have the right to die? -- 6. Gag rule and affirmative action -- II. Speech, conscience, and sex : 1. The press on trial -- 2. Why must speech be free? -- 3. Pornography and hate -- 4. MacKinnon's Words -- 5. Why academic freedom? -- III. Judges : 1. Bork: the Senate's responsibility -- 2. What Bork's defeat meant -- 3. Bork's own postmortem -- 4. The Thomas Nomination -- 5. Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas -- 6. Learned hands.

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-389) and index.

Filed under General to remain with other items about/by Robert Dworkin per request by Brenda.

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