Christian perspectives on legal thought [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael W. McConnell, Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Angela C. Carmella

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777864203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2001
• ISBN: 0-300-13006-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (541 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): McConnellMichael W; CochranRobert F. <1951->; CarmellaAngela C
• Disciplina: 261.5
• Soggetti: Christianity and law
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Old Liberalism, New Liberalism, and People of Faith -- Liberal Hegemony and Religious Resistance: An Essay on Legal Theory -- Christianity and the Roots of Liberalism -- The Earthly Peace of the Liberal Republic -- A Century of Skepticism -- Law and Belief: Critical Legal Studies and Philosophy of the Law-Idea -- What's Love Got to Do with It? Race Relations and the Second Great Commandment -- Reinhold Niebuhr and Critical Race Theory -- Hispanics, Catholicism, and the Legal Academy -- Independence or Interdependence? A Christian Response to Liberal Feminists -- Citizen-Soldiers Are Like Priests: Feminism in Law and Theology -- Law and Economics: An Apologia -- A Catholic Social Teaching Critique of Law and Economics -- Christian Traditions, Culture, and Law -- A Catholic View of Law and Justice -- Natural Law -- The Calvinist Paradox of Distrust and Hope at the Constitutional Convention -- A Calvinist Perspective on the Place of Faith in Legal Scholarship -- The Radical Reformation and the Jurisprudence of Forgiveness -- "Incendiaries of Commonwealths": Baptists and Law -- On Liberty and Life in Babylon: A Pilgrim's Pragmatic Proposal -- A House Divided? Anabaptist and Lutheran Perspectives on the Sword -- Making Our Home in the Works of God: Lutherans on the Civil Use of the Law -- God's Joust, God's Justice: An Illustration from the History of Marriage Law -- Human Nature and ; Criminal Responsibility: The Biblical View Restored -- Christianity and Environmental Law -- Can Legal Ethics Be Christian? -- A Historical Perspective on Anglo-American Contract Law -- Tort Law and Intermediate Communities: Calvinist and Catholic Insights -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores for the first time the broad range of ways in which Christian thought intersects with American legal theory. Eminent legal scholars-including Stephen Carter, Thomas Shaffer, Elizabeth Mensch, Gerard Bradley, and Marci Hamilton-describe how various Christian traditions, including the Catholic, Calvinist, Anabaptist, and Lutheran traditions, understand law and justice, society and the state, and human nature and human striving. The book reveals not only the diversity among Christian legal thinkers but also the richness of the Christian tradition as a source for intellectual and ethical approaches to legal inquiry. The contributors bring various perspectives to the subject. Some engage the prominent schools of legal thought: liberalism, legal realism, critical legal studies, feminism, critical race theory, and law and economics. Others address substantive areas, including environmental, criminal, contract, torts, and family law, as well as professional responsibility. Together the essays introduce a new school of legal thought that will make a signal contribution to contemporary discussions of law.