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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781838303321

Autore

Sullivan Michael <1966->

Titolo

Legal pragmatism [[electronic resource] ] : community, rights, and democracy / / Michael Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-07843-7

9786612078439

0-253-11698-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

American philosophy

Disciplina

342.7308/5

Soggetti

Civil rights - United States

Law - United States - Philosophy

Civil rights - Philosophy

Law - Philosophy

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 (p. 147-152) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What's right with rights and wrong with communitarianism? -- Taking rights and pragmatism seriously -- Posner's unpragmatic pragmatism -- Toward a reconstructive pragmatism -- Reconstructing judicial review -- Pragmatism, genealogy, and democracy.

Sommario/riassunto

A new, pragmatic understanding of the role of community and individuals in democratic society