The Return of George Sutherland
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691016283 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This compelling intellectual biography introduces readers to an urbane man, and a steely judge, who has been made a stranger to them.. Both liberal and conservative jurists now deride Sutherland, yet both groups continue to draw upon his writings. Conservatives will appeal to his defense of freedom in the economy. However, both liberals and conservatives deny the premises of natural rights that provided the ground, and coherence, of Sutherland's teaching. In this book, Hadley Arkes seeks to restore, for a new generation, the jurisprudence of the late Justice of the Supreme Court George Sutherland--a jurisprudence anchored in the understanding of natu
. From Scientific American Clearly and cogently and even dramatically done. Hadley Arkes leads us into the deepest jungles of constitutional thought. His is a stimulating safari
A near-masterpiece of revisionist constitutional history A Customer Despite the fact that constitutional historians rank George Sutherland among the 'near-greats" of the Supreme Court, the first-and only -Supreme Court Justice from Utah has been largely forgotten. If he is remembered at all, he it is only as the most able of that notorious reactionary quartet, the "Four Horsemen"-Sutherland, Van Devanter, Butler, and McReynolds- who stuggled in vain to overturn The New Deal.This is a pity, and not only because to be remembered as the most able of the Four Horsemen is akin to being remembered as the most able Italian General of World War Two. Suth