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Neglected policies : constitutional law and legal commentary as civic education / Ira L. Strauber.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Strauber, Ira L., 1946-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Constitutional law--United States.
Constitutional law.
Civics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (281 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2002.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Offers a critique of the political goals of legal scholars, seeking to expose the extent to which both jurisprudence and political theory are subject to "an ideology of involvement" that falsely assumes a direct relation between scholarly opin
Contents:
pt. 1. The purposes of an interpretive community
Formalisms : an efficacious enemy of politically sufficient commentary
Skepticism and neglected politics
pt. 2. Formalisms : facets of political power and neglected politics
The Internet : distorted ideals and practices
Agnostic skepticism about radical rejectionism
Agnosticism, federalism, and constitutionalism
A middle course on reform
Ordered liberty and political morality
pt. 3. Deeper skepticism
Qualified solace in the law's formalisms
Qualified solace in agnosticism.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-257) and index.
ISBN:
9786612920516
9781282920514
1282920510
9780822384267
0822384264
OCLC:
850217025

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