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Against the Law (Constitutional Conflicts)
Campos, Paul F.; Schlag, Pierre; Smith, Steven D.
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Description for Against the Law (Constitutional Conflicts)
paperback. A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, this book consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a criticism of contemporary legal culture. It is of interest not only to the legal academics under attack in the book, but also to sociologists, historians, and social theorists. Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAT; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 513.
A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, Against the Law consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a deep criticism of contemporary legal culture. Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag, and Steven D. Smith challenge the conventional representations of the legal system that are articulated and defended by American legal scholars. Unorthodox, irreverent, and provocative, Against the Law demonstrates that for many in the legal community, law has become a kind of substitute religion—an essentially idolatrous practice composed of systematic self-misrepresentation and self-deception.
Linked by a persistent inquiry into the nature and ... Read more
A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, Against the Law consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a deep criticism of contemporary legal culture. Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag, and Steven D. Smith challenge the conventional representations of the legal system that are articulated and defended by American legal scholars. Unorthodox, irreverent, and provocative, Against the Law demonstrates that for many in the legal community, law has become a kind of substitute religion—an essentially idolatrous practice composed of systematic self-misrepresentation and self-deception.
Linked by a persistent inquiry into the nature and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Constitutional Conflicts
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822318415
SKU
V9780822318415
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About Campos, Paul F.; Schlag, Pierre; Smith, Steven D.
Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag, and Steven D. Smith are Professors of Law at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Reviews for Against the Law (Constitutional Conflicts)
“Against the Law is a sometimes playful, sometimes pungent polemic about the state of legal theory today. Three authors from different parts of the political spectrum come together in this book to attack contemporary legal scholarship’s complacency, idolatry, and insipidness. Against the Law is not against the law; just the ways law professors imagine it.”—J. M. Balkin, Yale Law School ... Read more