No litmus test
Subtitle: law versus politics in the twenty-first century
By: Michael C. Dorf.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court.; Political questions and judicial power -- United States.; Constitutional law -- United States.; United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Description: "Backed by academic critics who have been arguing against the possibility of objectivity for roughly a century, many critics on the left have essentially given up: Law, they contend, is simply politics in disguise. By analyzing the most pressing controversies of our day, Columbia University law professor Michael C. Dorf defends the possibility of principled legal decision making against the attacks of both the right and the left. From Bush V. Gore to the war in Iraq, No Litmus Test demonstrates that even when the law provides no clear-cut answers, it offers tools for distinguishing good arguments from bad ones."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.