Law and democracy in the empire of force
By: edited by H. Jefferson Powell and James Boyd White.
Contributors: White, James Boyd, 1938-; Powell, Jefferson, 1954-
Publisher: University of Michigan; University of Michigan Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780472116843
Subjects: Law -- Congresses; Law -- United States -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Michigan Law School, April 13-14, 2007.
Notes: Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Michigan Law School, April 13-14, 2007.

Includes

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Languages of politics in America / Jedediah Purdy; title: Democracy and prophecy / M. Cathleen Kaveny; title: Ennobling politics / Robin West; title: An oresteia for Argentina : between fraternity and the rule of law / Martin Böhmer; title: Moral disagreement in a culture of certainty / Howard Lesnick; title: The resilience of law / Joseph Vining; title: Justice Jackson's republic and ours / Barry Sullivan; title: Privacy's end / Jed Rubenfeld; title: Anti-social behaviour orders in the United Kingdom / A.W. Brian Simpson; title: Conscience and the constitution / John T. Noonan Jr; title: Law as a tool / H. Jefferson Powell; title: Law, economics, and torture / James Boyd White.