Natural rights and the right to choose / Hadley Arkes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arkes, Hadley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Law.

Law--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States.

Justice, Administration of--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Justice, Administration of.

Justice, Administration of--Moral and ethical aspects.

Abortion--United States.

Abortion.

Natural law.

Physical Description:

xiii, 302 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Hadley Arkes argues that the 'right to abortion' has shifted the American political class away from the doctrine of natural rights held by the Founders.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Backing into Treason 1

2 The Drift from Natural Rights 11

3 On the Things the Founders Knew-and How Our Judges Came to Forget Them 34

4 Abortion and the "Modest First Step" 72

5 Antijural Jurisprudence 112

6 Prudent Warnings and Imprudent Reactions: "Judicial Usurpation" and the Unraveling of Rights 147

7 Finding Home Ground: The Axioms of the Constitution 185

8 Spring Becomes Fall Becomes Spring: A Memoir 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521812186

OCLC:

48810468

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