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Author Dow, David R.

Title America's prophets : how judicial activism makes America great / David R. Dow
Published West Port, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 169 pages)
Contents What exactly is judicial activism? -- A short history of "activist" judges -- Griswold v. Connecticut and the rise of judicial prophecy -- Prophetic interpretation of biblical law -- The idea of American law -- Contemporary problems for the activist judge : race, religion, same-sex marriage, abortion, and euthanasia
Summary America's Prophets: How Judicial Activism Makes America Great fills a major void in the popular literature by providing a thorough definition and historical account of judicial activism and by arguing that it is a method of prophetic adjudication which is essential to preserving American values. Dow confounds the allegation of the Christian right that judicial activism is legally and morally unsound by tracing the roots of American judicial activism to the methods of legal and moral interpretation developed by the prophets of the Hebrew Bible. He claims that Isaiah, Amos, and Jesus are archet
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Political questions and judicial power -- United States
Judges -- Political aspects -- United States
Judicial review -- United States
Courts & procedure.
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
Judicial review
Political questions and judicial power
Politics and government
Rechtssystem
Richter
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
Subject United States
USA
Form Electronic book
ISBN 031337709X
9780313377099