Judicial power and American character [[electronic resource] ] : censoring ourselves in an anxious age / / Robert F. Nagel |
Autore | Nagel Robert F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina |
347.73/12
347.30712 |
Soggetto topico |
Constitutional law - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Judicial power - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-56111-4
9786610561117 0-19-535841-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. Introduction: The Court as Cultural Barometer; 2. Watching Ourselves: The Thomas Hearings and National Character; Inequality as Equality; Offensiveness as Virtue; Careerism and Sexual Equality; Careerism and Responsibility; Moralism and Opportunism; 3. Shaping Law: Elitism and Democracy in the Bork Hearings; Bork against the Mainstream; Bork as the Mainstream; Meeting the Enemy; 4. Marching on Constitution Avenue: Public Protest and the Court; Judges as Politicians; Marching and Advocacy; Legalism, Realism, and Edwin Meese's Heresy
5. Speaking before All Others: Interpretation as the Suppression of DisagreementThe Rule of Law; Legal Traditions and Constitutional Rights; Political Resistance and the Expansion of Rights; 6. Pursuing Visions: Interpretation as Moral Evasion; Sexual Speech and Moral Climate; Flag Burning and Political Ethos; Boundlessness and Adjudication; 7. Correcting the Political: Interpretation as Mind Control; Regulating Sexist Speech; The Court and Consciousness Raising; Mind Control and Censorship; 8. Arguing with Enemies: Interpretation as Invective; Name-Calling in the Courts Judicial Restraint and Moral HeroismThe Ideal of Moderation in a Divided Society; Restraint and the Judicial Machine; 9. Censoring Ourselves; Principle Ascendant; Principle,""Progress,"" and the Tradition of the Family; Principle as Suppression; Principle and Cultural Decline; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451159003321 |
Nagel Robert F | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Judicial power and American character [[electronic resource] ] : censoring ourselves in an anxious age / / Robert F. Nagel |
Autore | Nagel Robert F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina |
347.73/12
347.30712 |
Soggetto topico |
Constitutional law - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Judicial power - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-771965-1
1-280-56111-4 9786610561117 0-19-535841-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. Introduction: The Court as Cultural Barometer; 2. Watching Ourselves: The Thomas Hearings and National Character; Inequality as Equality; Offensiveness as Virtue; Careerism and Sexual Equality; Careerism and Responsibility; Moralism and Opportunism; 3. Shaping Law: Elitism and Democracy in the Bork Hearings; Bork against the Mainstream; Bork as the Mainstream; Meeting the Enemy; 4. Marching on Constitution Avenue: Public Protest and the Court; Judges as Politicians; Marching and Advocacy; Legalism, Realism, and Edwin Meese's Heresy
5. Speaking before All Others: Interpretation as the Suppression of DisagreementThe Rule of Law; Legal Traditions and Constitutional Rights; Political Resistance and the Expansion of Rights; 6. Pursuing Visions: Interpretation as Moral Evasion; Sexual Speech and Moral Climate; Flag Burning and Political Ethos; Boundlessness and Adjudication; 7. Correcting the Political: Interpretation as Mind Control; Regulating Sexist Speech; The Court and Consciousness Raising; Mind Control and Censorship; 8. Arguing with Enemies: Interpretation as Invective; Name-Calling in the Courts Judicial Restraint and Moral HeroismThe Ideal of Moderation in a Divided Society; Restraint and the Judicial Machine; 9. Censoring Ourselves; Principle Ascendant; Principle,""Progress,"" and the Tradition of the Family; Principle as Suppression; Principle and Cultural Decline; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784812003321 |
Nagel Robert F | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Judicial power and American character : censoring ourselves in an anxious age / / Robert F. Nagel |
Autore | Nagel Robert F |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina |
347.73/12
347.30712 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Constitutional law - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Judicial power - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-771965-1
1-280-56111-4 9786610561117 0-19-535841-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. Introduction: The Court as Cultural Barometer; 2. Watching Ourselves: The Thomas Hearings and National Character; Inequality as Equality; Offensiveness as Virtue; Careerism and Sexual Equality; Careerism and Responsibility; Moralism and Opportunism; 3. Shaping Law: Elitism and Democracy in the Bork Hearings; Bork against the Mainstream; Bork as the Mainstream; Meeting the Enemy; 4. Marching on Constitution Avenue: Public Protest and the Court; Judges as Politicians; Marching and Advocacy; Legalism, Realism, and Edwin Meese's Heresy
5. Speaking before All Others: Interpretation as the Suppression of DisagreementThe Rule of Law; Legal Traditions and Constitutional Rights; Political Resistance and the Expansion of Rights; 6. Pursuing Visions: Interpretation as Moral Evasion; Sexual Speech and Moral Climate; Flag Burning and Political Ethos; Boundlessness and Adjudication; 7. Correcting the Political: Interpretation as Mind Control; Regulating Sexist Speech; The Court and Consciousness Raising; Mind Control and Censorship; 8. Arguing with Enemies: Interpretation as Invective; Name-Calling in the Courts Judicial Restraint and Moral HeroismThe Ideal of Moderation in a Divided Society; Restraint and the Judicial Machine; 9. Censoring Ourselves; Principle Ascendant; Principle,""Progress,"" and the Tradition of the Family; Principle as Suppression; Principle and Cultural Decline; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809991703321 |
Nagel Robert F | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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