Unrestrained (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
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Engelska
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160
Utgivningsdatum
2008-07-01
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AldineTransaction
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235 x 161 x 17 mm
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381 g
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1
ISBN
9781412807432

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Unrestrained

Judicial Excess and the Mind of the American Lawyer

av Robert Nagel
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Robert Nagel's innovative volume attempts to explain why, despite almost four decades of conservative and moderate appointments, the Supreme Court continues to intervene aggressively in a wide array of social and political issues. The explanation lies primarily in the psychological effects of the way that lawyers think about law and judging. The instincts ingrained by the experiences common to legal education and the successful practice of law also work to encourage the reckless use of power.Nagel argues that the problem with the modern judicial role is cultural and political. He demonstrates that judges, especially Supreme Court justices, have degraded our political discourse, intensified social conflict, and drained moral confidence.By examining modern Supreme Court confirmation hearings along with certain classic legal writings, Nagel shows how modern lawyers have a broad consensus on how to interpret the Constitution and, more generally, how to think about law. One major component of this mindset is to combine realism with legalism in ways that naturally tend to expand the judiciary's imperial role. Realism counsels that decisions are inevitably partly personal and therefore cannot be conclusively justified while legalism imparts the sense that the judge's interpretation is the best one possible. This combination of the personal and political, along with other aspects of modem legal thinking and training, means that judges are not only unconstrained by professional norms but actually are impelled by them to use power expansively.This issue is important to every person living in the U.S., as the Supreme Court's decisions concern everyone in the nation. It has the potential to be read by lawmakers, lawyers, students of law and political science, and anyone interested in Constitutional law. The thesis is unique and the execution is precise.
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"Nagel's book deserves the attention of anyone seriously concerned about the current bizarre state of American constitutional law." --Stephen B. Presser, The University Bookman "Nagel deftly and logically weaves observations about lawyers' training, experiences in law practice, and experiences as judges...well-written, thoughtful book." -R.B. Cole, Choice "Nagel has...eloquently, incisively, and correctly diagnosed some difficulties in the manner in which we train lawyers, and for that reason his slim tome is a splendid contribution." -- Stephen Presser, The University Bookman "Nagel has...eloquently, incisively, and correctly diagnosed some difficulties in the manner in which we train lawyers, and for that reason his slim tome is a splendid contribution." -- Stephen Presser, The University Bookman "Nagel's book deserves the attention of anyone seriously concerned about the current bizarre state of American constitutional law." --Stephen B. Presser, The University Bookman "Nagel deftly and logically weaves observations about lawyers' training, experiences in law practice, and experiences as judges...well-written, thoughtful book." --R.B. Cole, Choice "Nagel's book deserves the attention of anyone seriously concerned about the current bizarre state of American constitutional law." --Stephen B. Presser, The University Bookman "Nagel deftly and logically weaves observations about lawyers' training, experiences in law practice, and experiences as judges...well-written, thoughtful book." --R.B. Cole, Choice -Nagel's book deserves the attention of anyone seriously concerned about the current bizarre state of American constitutional law.- --Stephen B. Presser, The University Bookman -Nagel deftly and logically weaves observations about lawyers' training, experiences in law practice, and experiences as judges...well-written, thoughtful book.- --R.B. Cole, Choice

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Robert F. Nagel is presently Ira C. Rothgerber, Jr. Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Colorado School of Law. He is the author of Constitutional Cultures, Judicial Power and American Character, Intellect and Craft, The Implosion of American Federalism; along with many edited works and articles in Constitutional law.