{"product_id":"constitutional-rights-moral-controversy-and-the-supreme-court-hardback-9780521755955","title":"Constitutional Rights, Moral Controversy, and the Supreme Court (Hardback) 9780521755955","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConstitutional Rights, Moral Controversy, and the Supreme Court\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines the Supreme Court's proper role in adjudicating moral controversies that implicate constitutional rights.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael J. Perry (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521755955, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 November 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'Should a court presume to strike down a democratically enacted law as 'unconstitutional' even though scholars, judges, and citizens emphatically disagree about what the Constitution means? Michael Perry addresses this question with passion and insight and with respect to 'hot button' issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. His answers will persuade some and provoke others, but either way they force us to think hard about a question of crucial importance to a diverse and democratic nation.'  Steven Smith, University of San Diego\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this important book, Michael J. Perry examines three of the most disputed constitutional issues of our time: capital punishment, state laws banning abortion, and state policies denying the benefit of law to same-sex unions. The author, a leading constitutional scholar, explains that if a majority of the justices of the Supreme Court believes that a law violates the Constitution, it does not necessarily follow that the Court should rule that the law is unconstitutional. In cases in which it is argued that a law violates the Constitution, the Supreme Court must decide which of two importantly different questions it should address: is the challenged law unconstitutional? Is the lawmakers' judgment that the challenged law is constitutional a reasonable judgment? Perry not only illuminates moral controversies that implicate one or more constitutionally entrenched human rights, but also the fundamental question of the Supreme Court's proper role in adjudicating such controversies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: a partial theory of judicial review\u003cbr\u003e 1. Human rights: from morality to constitutional law\u003cbr\u003e 2. Constitutionally entrenched human rights, the Supreme Court, and Thayerian deference\u003cbr\u003e 3. Capital punishment\u003cbr\u003e 4. Same-sex unions\u003cbr\u003e 5. Abortion\u003cbr\u003e 6. Thayerian deference revisited\u003cbr\u003e Postscript: religion as a basis of lawmaking?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International humanitarian law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International humanitarian law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20humanitarian%20law%20%5BLBBS%5D%22\"\u003eLBBS\u003c\/a\u003e], International human rights law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International human rights law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20human%20rights%20law%20%5BLBBR%5D%22\"\u003eLBBR\u003c\/a\u003e], Religious ethics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religious ethics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religious%20ethics%20%5BHRAM1%5D%22\"\u003eHRAM1\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265002033432,"sku":"9780521755955","price":50.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521755955i.jpg?v=1692018871","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/constitutional-rights-moral-controversy-and-the-supreme-court-hardback-9780521755955","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}