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Author Smith, Steven D. (Steven Douglas), 1952- author.

Title Fictions, lies, and the authority of law / Steven D. Smith
Published Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (291 pages)
Series Catholic ideas for a secular world
Catholic ideas for a secular world.
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- One The Fictional Foundations of (Modern) Political Authority -- Two Fictional Authority and the Problem of Constitutional Interpretation -- Three Our Quasi-Fictional Government -- Four From Political Fictions to "Living with Lies" -- Five Authority and Faux Authority -- Six Is Genuine Authority Possible? -- Epilogue: Authority outside the Cave? -- Notes -- Index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2021)
Subject Authority.
Legal authorities -- United States
Power (Social sciences)
Authority
Legal authorities
Power (Social sciences)
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780268201265
0268201269
9780268201197
0268201196