Constitutional Rights, Moral Controversy, and the Supreme Court

Klappentext This book examines the Supreme Court's proper role in adjudicating moral controversies that implicate constitutional rights. Zusammenfassung The author examines the constitutionality of capital punishment! of laws banning abortion! and of policies denying the benefit of law to same-sex unions. He not only illuminates moral controversies that implicate one or more constitutionally entrenched human rights! but also investigates the Supreme Court's proper role in adjudicating such controversies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: a partial theory of judicial review; 1. Human rights: from morality to constitutional law; 2. Constitutionally entrenched human rights, the Supreme Court, and Thayerian deference; 3. Capital punishment; 4. Same-sex unions; 5. Abortion; 6. Thayerian deference revisited; Postscript: religion as a basis of lawmaking?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael J. Perry
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521184410
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18441-0
• Pagine: 266
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, RELIGION / Ethics, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Courts, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Trial Practice, United States of America, USA, Religious ethics, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures