Strauber Ira L. Strauber

Neglected Policies (eBook, PDF)

Constitutional Law and Legal Commentary as Civic Education

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Produktbeschreibung

In Neglected Policies, Ira L. Strauber challenges scholars and critics of constitutional jurisprudence to think differently about the Constitution and its interpretation. He argues that important aspects of law, policies, and politics are neglected because legal formalisms, philosophical theories, the reasoning of litigators and judges, and even the role of the courts are too often taken for granted. Strauber advocates an alternative approach to thinking about the legal and moral abstractions ordinarily used in constitutional decision making. His approach, which he calls "e;agnostic skepticism,"e; interrogates all received jurisprudential notions, abandoning the search for "e;right answers"e; to legal questions. It demands that attention be paid to the context-specific, circumstantial social facts relevant to given controversies and requires a habit of mind at home with relativism.Strauber situates agnostic skepticism within contemporary legal thought, explaining how it draws upon sociological jurisprudence, legal realism, and critical legal studies. Through studies of cases involving pornography, adoption custody battles, flag burning, federalism, and environmental politics, he demonstrates how agnostic skepticism applies to constitutional issues. Strauber contends that training in skeptical critique will enable a new kind of civic education and culture-one in which citizens are increasingly tolerant of the ambiguities and contradictions inherent in the law and politics of a pluralistic society.Using insights from the social sciences to examine the ways constitutional cases are studied and taught, Neglected Policies will interest scholars of jurisprudence, political science, and the sociology of law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822384267
• Artikelnr.: 54815038

Autorenporträt

Ira L. Strauber

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I
1. The Purposes of an Interpretive Community
2. Formalisms: An Efficacious Enemy of Politically Sufficient Commentary
3. Skepticism and Neglected Politics
Part II
4. Formalisms: Facets of Political Power and Neglected Policies
5. The Internet: Distorted Ideals and Practices
6. Agnostic Skepticism about Radical Rejectionism
7. Agnosticism, Federalism, and Constitutionalism
8. A Middle Course on Reform
9. Ordered Liberty and Political Morality
Part III
10. Deeper Skepticism
11. Qualified Solace in the Law’s Formalisms
12. Qualified Solace in Agnosticism
Notes
Bibliography
Index