Re-imagining justice
Subtitle: progressive interpretations of formal equality, rights, and the rule of law
By: Robin L. West.
Series: Applied legal philosophy
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Rule of law -- United States; Law -- Philosophy; Justice
Description: "Resurrecting the neglected question of what we mean by legal justice, this book seeks to re-imagine rather than simply critique our contemporary notions of the rule of law, rights and legal equality. This work of reconstruction offers a progressive and egalitarian approach to concepts that have become overly associated with the idea of limited government and social conservatism. Focusing on the necessary conditions of co-operative community life, this book presents a vision of law that facilitates rather than frustrates politics, an analysis of rights that boosts our capacities for caring, and an idea of equality that captures a cosmopolitan vision based on the recognition of shared humanity."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187) and index.