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