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Stephen M Feldman - Neoconservative Politics and the Supreme Court: Law, Power, and Democracy - 9780814764664 - V9780814764664
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Neoconservative Politics and the Supreme Court: Law, Power, and Democracy

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Description for Neoconservative Politics and the Supreme Court: Law, Power, and Democracy Hardback. Explains what the entrenchment of neocons on the Supreme Court means for present and future politics and law Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.

In this concise, timely book, constitutional law expert Stephen M. Feldman draws on neoconservative writings to explore the rise of the neocons and their influence on the Supreme Court. Neocons burst onto the political scene in the early 1980s via their assault on pluralist democracy’s ethical relativism, where no pre-existing or higher principles limit the agendas of interest groups. Instead, they advocated for a resurrection of republican democracy, which declares that virtuous citizens and officials pursue the common good. Yet despite their original goals, neocons quickly became an interest group themselves, competing successfully within the pluralist democratic arena. When the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814764664
SKU
V9780814764664
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About Stephen M Feldman
Stephen M. Feldman is Jerry W. Housel/Carl F. Arnold Distinguished Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Wyoming. His previous titles include Please Don’t Wish Me a Merry Christmas: A Critical History of the Separation of Church and State (NYU Press, 1997) and Law and Religion: A Critical Anthology (NYU Press, 2000).

Reviews for Neoconservative Politics and the Supreme Court: Law, Power, and Democracy
A remarkably concise and accessible overview first of the rise of neoconservatism, and then of its impact on the Supreme Court. Consistently illuminating and challenging.
Sanford Levinson,author of Framed: America’s 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance A helpful explanation of the Supreme Court's latest lurch to the right. By showing how many of the Court's latest decisions can ... Read more

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