Concept of Ordered Liberty and the Common-Law Due-Process Tradition (eBook)

Slaughterhouse Cases through Obergefell v. Hodges (1872-2015)

Matthew W. Lunder (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
284 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-2635-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The Concept of Ordered Liberty is a story of due process from the common-law tradition. Told through Supreme Court cases against a backdrop of political theory, legal philosophy and history, it illuminates a mid-twentieth-century dialectic between theoriesliberal and conservativefor resolving controversies about state interference with personal liberties. So pervasive was the partisanship flowing from a riven body politic that every institution comprising the fabric of American society, including the federal courts, was soaked in it. But the ideological contest is not the story's primary concern. More pertinent to our dilemma today is what the clash of ideologies eclipsed: a venerable judicial practice deeply rooted in American history and tradition. The moral of the story is in this praxis at its center and its understanding of the limits of legislative and judicial power. The modern liberal and conservative approaches to fundamental rights fall short of the tradition, having strayed from the common-law concept of ordered liberty. Readers will find a suprapartisan perspective on the federal courts' obligation to resolve disputes about our Nation's most controversial issues, and a critical reflection on the modern Supreme Court's role in its politics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.1.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
• Schlagworte: basic liberties • civil liberties • Civil Society • constitutional liberties • deeply rooted • Fourteenth Amendment • Fundamental Rights • history and tradition • Law and Order • personal liberty cases • Privileges and immunities • substantive-due-process • Substantive rights • unenumerated rights
• ISBN-10: 1-7936-2635-9 / 1793626359
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7936-2635-6 / 9781793626356