Coercing Virtue

Author : Robert H. Bork
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780307368539

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Coercing Virtue by Robert H. Bork Pdf

Judge Robert H. Bork will deliver the Barbara Frum Historical Lecture at the University of Toronto in March 2002. This annual lecture “on a subject of contemporary history in historical perspective” was established in memory of Barbara Frum and will be broadcast on the CBC Radio program Ideas. In Coercing Virtue, former US solicitor general Robert H. Bork examines judicial activism and the practice of many courts as they consider and decide matters that are not committed to their authority. In his opinion, this practice infringes on the legitimate domains of the executive and legislative branches of government and constitutes a judicialization of politics and morals. Should courts be used as a vehicle of social change even if the majority view weighs against the court’s ruling? And if we allow courts to make law, especially in a country like Canada where our Supreme Court judges aren’t even elected, then what does this mean for democratic government? “The nations of the West have long been afraid of catching the “American disease” — the seizure by judges of authority properly belonging to the people and their elected representatives. Those nations are learning, perhaps too late, that this imperialism is not an American disease; it is a judicial disease, one that knows no boundaries.” — Robert H. Bork, from Coercing Virtue

Author : John Harmon McElroy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0742550818

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Divided We Stand by John Harmon McElroy Pdf

American culture is on life-support. Beginning in the 1960s a generation of activists twisted and bent long-held American beliefs into an ideology of blame and political correctness-weakening and disrupting the nation. As John Harmon McElroy powerfully demonstrates, the counter-culture has become pervasive, with devastating results. He shows how we neglect to educate our children and call it "teaching self esteem;" how we assail the worth of America and call it respecting "diversity;" and how we refuse to take responsibility for our lives and call it "social justice." In tracing the roots and impact of the counter-culture's rejection of historical American beliefs, McElroy powerfully defends the bedrock principles of responsible individualism, practical improvement, and equal freedom under God.

Author : Steven Feazel
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781635251470

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Abduction: How Liberalism Steals Our Children's Hearts And Minds by Steven Feazel Pdf

Sounding the Alarm The authors sound an Amber Alert for the souls of America's youth. They expose how the liberal Left seeks to brainwash our kids for their political gain. Movies, TV, music, court decisions, news reports and the education system are all corrupted by the Left to control the nation's youth. Parents, who seek to protect their children from the devious deception of a liberal agenda, will find this book to be a practical guide to push back against the Liberal efforts designed to reshape our kids' worldview and destroy their moral compass. Steve Feazel and Dr. Carol Swain ring a warning bell for all parents to heed who want their children to embrace and cherish traditional values and moral living that will allow them to live happy and productive lives. The book reveals the dangers of a relative morality while providing practical action steps that parents can take to prevent their children from becoming conformed to the secular pattern of the world. -Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association I thank God for Carol Swain. Very few people are willing to see, much less say what she and Steve Feazel say in this tremendously important book. It is disturbing, but it is true, so it is up to us to see it for ourselves and help others to do the same. Please spread the word. - Eric Metaxas, New York Times Bestselling author of Bonhoeffer and If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty Everywhere we turn, from our schools, to Hollywood, to the media to the courts, children's minds and souls are being usurped by the radical secular Left. Carol Swain and Steve Feazel tackle the immoral architects of the "New Morality" in this trenchant and timely book--and show parents how to fight back. - Michelle Malkin, author of Culture of Corruption and Who Built That A national wakeup call sounding the alarm on how sinful forces are undermining timeless spiritual values which are so important to maintain to nurture the success of future generations. This unique book provides positive insight that if applied can push back against a culture that places too little value on morality. -Dr. Alveda King, Civil Rights and Pro-Life Activist, Author, Christian Minister Dr. Carol Swain on Huckabee Live!

Author : Paul Sharp
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-07
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 9781597818513

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Of the Sharks, by the Sharks, for the Sharks by Paul Sharp Pdf

Author : J. Madigan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230604971

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Truth, Politics, and Universal Human Rights by J. Madigan Pdf

This book uses the concept of universal human rights to explore the relationship between the individual, society, and truth. To answer the question of how we say something universally true about human beings while lacking the philosophical means to do so, the author explores the changing relationship between truth and politics from Plato to Locke.

Author : Pablo De Greiff
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501721212

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Drugs and the Limits of Liberalism by Pablo De Greiff Pdf

Society's drug problem will persist, and debates over how to solve it will continue, getting nowhere, until we define our terms. This book is an effort to do just that—to parse the legal, moral, and philosophical underpinnings for any discussion of drug policy. Does liberal political theory, with its commitment to individual freedom, offer any guidance in the matter of drugs, particularly regarding their legal status? Do the commitments that citizens of liberal democracies make—commitments to ideals such as rationality, equality, justice, and democratic forms of decision-making—have implications for drug policy? These are the questions addressed in this volume, which explores the possibilities and limitations of philosophical reflection on this pressing, practical social issue.The authors, distinguished political and legal philosophers, search out the justification of policies that manage problems of drug consumption and social disintegration, but do so in keeping with the moral and political commitments of a liberal democratic society. Their subjects range from the rationality or irrationality of drug consumption to the scope of liberty; from the proper aims of legislation to the rhetoric of the war on drugs, particularly as deployed by former "Drug Czar" William Bennett.

Author : Kerry L. Hunter
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780739190838

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Approaching the U.S. Constitution by Kerry L. Hunter Pdf

By reminding readers that early Supreme Court justices refused to reduce the Constitution to a mere legal document, Approaching the U.S. Constitution provides a definitive response to Reading Law by Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner. Turning to the vision of Alexander Hamilton found in Federalists No. 78, Hunter argues that rather than seeing the judiciary as America’s legal guardian, Hamilton looked to independent individuals of integrity on the judiciary to be the nation’s collective conscience. For Hamilton, the judiciary’s authority over the legislature does not derive from positive law but is extra-legal by 'design' and is purely moral. By emphasizing the legal expertise of judges alone, individuals such as Justice Scalia mistakenly demand that judges exercise no human ethical judgment whatsoever. Yet the more this happens, the more the “rule of law” is replaced by the rule of lawyers. Legal sophistry becomes the primary currency wherewith society’s ethical and moral questions are resolved. Moreover, the alleged neutrality of legal analysis is deceptive with its claims of judicial modesty. It is not only undemocratic, it is dictatorial and highly elitist. Public debate over questions of fairness is replaced by an exclusive legalistic debate between lawyers over what is legal. The more Scalia and Garner realize their agenda, the more all appeals to what is moral will be effectively removed from political debate. 'Conservatives' lament the 'removing God from the classroom,' by 'liberals,' yet if the advocates of legalism get their way, God will be effectively removed from the polis altogether. The answer to preserving both separation of powers and the American commitment to unalienable human rights is to view the Supreme Court in the same way early founders such as Hamilton did and in the way President Abraham Lincoln urged. The Court’s most important function in exercising the power of judicial review is to serve as the nation’s conscience just as it did in Brown v. Board of Education.

Author : Alan Brudner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199652334

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Punishment and Freedom by Alan Brudner Pdf

Presenting an original theory on the nature of crimimal law, this text provides an understanding of apparent contradictions and paradoxes within the field.

Author : Samuel V. Laselva
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773555600

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Canada and the Ethics of Constitutionalism by Samuel V. Laselva Pdf

Canada is caught between two empires and between two constitutional systems. However, neither the British model of a "single sovereign" nor the American people's "sacred fire of liberty" matched the pluralistic identity of Canada, so Canadians engaged in constitutional experimentation. In Canada and the Ethics of Constitutionalism Samuel LaSelva argues that, in order to understand the old Canada of Confederation and the new one that followed the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it is necessary to see how distinctive Canadian constitutionalism is and how that distinctiveness does not depend on borrowings from the British or American constitutional models. LaSelva supports his argument by exploring different aspects of Canada's contribution to the ethics of constitutionalism including the limits of free expression, the Charter's notwithstanding clause, the origins and functions of judicial review, the Quebec secession debate, Aboriginal self-government, and the conception of Canada as a multicultural and multinational mosaic. Through a careful consideration of how Canadian constitutional pluralism with its focus on the rights of others differs from American and British ideas, Canada and the Ethics of Constitutionalism provides engaging answers to contested questions about how Canada was founded and what it has become.

Author : Felix Lange
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781035324354

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Treaties in Parliaments and Courts by Felix Lange Pdf

Highlighting the close relationship between foreign relations law and international law, this impressive book places parliament and domestic courtsÕ engagement with treaties at the heart of its inquiry. It presents a timely assessment of the impact that different rules of constitutional law have on parliamentary and judicial approaches to treaties in four different states (Germany, India, South Africa and the US), thereby incorporating valuable comparative dimensions.

Author : Thilo Kuntz
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781802202533

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Research Handbook on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance by Thilo Kuntz Pdf

The Research Handbook on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance presents a comprehensive view of a rapidly evolving area of study. Adopting a comparative approach, it goes beyond issues of sustainability and human rights, covering the whole spectrum of ESG and its regulatory developments.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1180 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : MINN:31951D03405332P

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The Nomination of Elena Kagan to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary Pdf

Author : Farid Ahmadov
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004380981

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The Right of Actio Popularis before International Courts and Tribunals by Farid Ahmadov Pdf

In The Right of Actio Popularis before International Courts and Tribunals Farid Ahmadov provides a detailed analysis of the elements of actio popularis and its operation before various international courts and tribunals.

Author : Malcolm Jorgensen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108481434

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American Foreign Policy Ideology and the International Rule of Law by Malcolm Jorgensen Pdf

Demonstrates American legal policymakers hold competing conceptions of the 'international rule of law' structured by foreign policy ideologies.

Author : Donald W. Jackson,Michael C. Tolley,Mary L. Volcansek
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438430713

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Globalizing Justice by Donald W. Jackson,Michael C. Tolley,Mary L. Volcansek Pdf

Essays assessing the impact of globalization on law and court systems across the world.