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Author Jacobs, Lesley A., author.

Title Against post-liberal courts and justice : rescuing Ronald Dworkin's legacy / Lesley A. Jacobs, Matthew McManus
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 136 pages)
Series Palgrave studies in classical liberalism
Palgrave studies in classical liberalism.
Contents Ronald Dworkin's Legacy -- Securing Constitutional Democracy -- Racial Integration and Affirmative Action -- Pregnancy, Life, and the Dobbs Decision -- Equal Opportunity and the Burden of Student Debt -- Reading Dworkin Against Post-Liberal Justice
Summary This book covers how liberal institutions (constitutional democracy, economic markets, liberal courts, free trade, international human rights) around the world are under assault by the political right and we are witnessing the emergence of post-liberal institutions. These post-liberal institutions are founded on the core conviction that the actions of liberal institutions including the courts and justice system are patently unjust. Liberalism is said to be too nihilistic, too individualistic, too liberal on lifestyles, not committed enough to basic freedoms like free speech, too egalitarian, too cosmopolitan, too elitist to meet society's needs and advance the common good. This volume makes the case against post-liberal courts and justice by reconnecting to the liberal principles of moral equality and dignified freedom for all. It provides a reintroduction to the work of Ronald Dworkin. The intention of the authors is to show how there is great untapped potential in the work of Ronald Dworkin's work to guide the thinking of progressive liberals through the great issues of the day and respond to the contemporary criticisms of the political right"--Publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Lesley A. Jacobs is a professor & Vice-President of Research & Innovation at Ontario Tech University and a professor at York University, Canada. Matthew McManus is a lecturer in Political Science, University of Michigan, USA
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 9, 2024)
Subject Dworkin, Ronald.
Justice, Administration of -- Political aspects -- United States
Courts -- United States.
Liberalism -- United States
Conservatism -- United States
Form Electronic book
Author McManus, Matthew, author.
ISBN 9783031453472
3031453476