Peter H. Schuck

Meditations of a Militant Moderate

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Produktbeschreibung

Vital center. Radical middle. Amid the red state/blue state divide, is there now space for an iconoclastic militant moderate? In this unusual and remarkably readable collection of short essays on a wide variety of hot-button public issues-race, affirmative action, surrogate motherhood, diversity, immigration, compensation of 9/11 victims, exclusion of gays from the Boy Scouts and the military, the 2004 election, the rule of law in developing countries, the invasion of Iraq, and many more-Yale Law School professor Peter Schuck reveals the distinctive sensibility and policy orientation of a militant moderate: pragmatic, reformist, non-ideological, empirically-minded, and skeptical of many liberal and conservative pieties.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9780742539617
• ISBN-10: 074253961X
• Artikelnr.: 21928675

Autorenporträt

Peter H. Schuck is Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface: What Is a Militant Moderate? Part 2 Part I: Civil Rights
and Wrongs Chapter 3 Affirmative Action I: Don't Mend It or End It-Bend It
Chapter 4 Affirmative Action II: The Supreme Court Botches the Job Chapter
5 Affirmative Action III: Racial Preferences in Supreme Court Nominations
Chapter 6 Groups and Equal Protection: The Flawed Theory of Owen Fiss
Chapter 7 Race Matters: The Incoherence of Cornel West Chapter 8 Slavery
Reparations: A Misguided Movement Chapter 9 Housing Integration: Use
Vouchers, Not Courts Part 10 Part II: The Culture Wars Chapter 11 The
Pledge of Allegiance: A Noncoercive Endorsement of Religion Chapter 12
School Vouchers: A Compelling Case for Choice Chapter 13 Military
Recruitment on Campus: The Solomon Amendment Chapter 14 Expressive Groups:
Political Parties and Gays in the Boy Scouts Chapter 15 Professors and
Profession: An Odd Couple Chapter 16 Tax Day: Deficit Reduction Made Easy
Part 17 Part III: The Rule of Law Chapter 18 Class Actions: Analyzing the
Issues Chapter 19 Punitive Damages: Lawless (In)justice Chapter 20 Lying:
Law's Ambivalence Chapter 21 Civil Juries: Here to Stay Chapter 22 Impact
Litigation: Courts and Institutional Reform Chapter 23 Gun Control: Keeping
Tort Law in Its Place Chapter 24 Tort Reform: A Mixed Bag Chapter 25
Surrogate Motherhood: Reflections on Baby M Part 26 Part IV: Dealing with
Terrorism and Victims Chapter 27 Preemptive Strikes: Revising the UN
Charter Chapter 28 Profiling: The Uses of Stereotypes Chapter 29
Compensating Victims: Some Hard Questions Chapter 30 The 9/11 Compensation
Fund: A Bad Precedent Chapter 31 Adjudicating Terrorism: A Hybrid Model
Court Part 32 Part V: A Nation of Immigrants Chapter 33 Immigration,
Diversity, and Nationhood: The Formula Still Works Chapter 34 Refugees:
Protecting More by Sharing the Burden Chapter 35 Reforming the 1996
Immigration Reform: Advice to President Bush Chapter 36 Citizenship after
9/11: Continuity and Change Chapter 37 Immigrant Voting: Wrong Response to
a Genuine Need Part 38 Part VI: Developing Giants Chapter 39 China: Forward
and Backward Chapter 40 India: What the Raj Wrought Part 41 Part VII: The
Future of Liberalism Chapter 42 Rethinking Liberalism: A Paradox Unresolved
Chapter 43 Diversity: Society's Teacher Chapter 44 Punctilios for a Diverse
Society: Candor and Thicker Skins Chapter 45 The 2004 Elections: A Militant
Moderate's Interpretation