Law and the liberal state

This special issue of Studies in law, politics and society focuses on law and the liberal state; presenting an interdisciplinary and multifaceted approach to analysis of law and liberty. The first chapters focus on laws direct relationship with the American liberal state. John P. Anderson defends Jo...

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Other Authors Sarat, Austin
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
SeriesStudies in law, politics, and society ; v. 65.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781784412388
ISSN1059-4337 ;
DOI10.1108/S1059-4337201465
Physical Description1 online resource (x, 157 p.)

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Table of Contents:
  • Trading truth for legitimacy in the liberal state : defending John Rawls's pragmatism / John P. Anderson
  • The neoliberal state's Janus faces of law / Adelaide H. Villmoare, Peter G. Stillman
  • Jury nullification : an illiberal defense of liberty / Timothy A. Delaune
  • Gays in the military : towards a critical civil rights account / Susan Burgess
  • Health care and the disembodied politics of American liberalism / Daniel Skinner
  • Nomos and Native American narratives : the duality of law in the liberal state / Beau Breslin, Katherine Cavanaugh.