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Author Arkes, Hadley.

Title Constitutional illusions and anchoring truths : the touchstone of the natural law / Hadley Arkes.

Imprint Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  340.112 Ar48c 2010    ---  Available
Description xi, 268 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the anchoring common sense and the puzzles of the law -- On the novelties of an old constitution : settled principles and unsettling surprises -- The natural law--again, ever -- Lochner and the cast of our law -- The strange case of prior restraint : the Pentagon Papers -- Near revisited -- The saga of Frank Snepp and the new regime of previous restraints -- And yet ... a good word on behalf of the legal positivists -- Conclusion and afterword.
Subject Constitutional law -- United States.
Natural law.
Cover Title Constitutional illusions & anchoring truths
ISBN 9780521518178 (hbk.)
0521518172 (hbk.)
9780521732086 (pbk.)
0521732085 (pbk.)

 
    
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