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- catalog abstract "Whether we are black, gay, Republican, women, or deaf, our associations - whether voluntary or assigned - constitute crucial and inescapable elements of our identities. Both voluntary and involuntary groups have been important in American history - more important than is generally recognized. But these groups have never been adequately addressed by law, which has as its primary focus the relationship between the individual and the state. The company we keep, says constitutional law scholar Aviam Soifer, is presumed to be each person's own business, and generally beyond notice of the law. But as America becomes a more varied country and issues arising out of multiculturalism threaten to divide us, it becomes essential, Soifer argues, to recognize rights under the First Amendment that will protect the crucial roles of groups and communities within the larger national community. Legal doctrine and the outcomes reached in judicial proceedings will be more coherent if we acknowledge that groups qua groups have significant legal impact. The building blocks of any quest for justice must include the groups - social, biological, political, professional, civil, interpretive, religious - from which we derive and apply ethical standards in search of a better life. The ability to step outside traditional doctrinal boxes that concentrate on relationships between individuals and government will help not only legal thinkers but every person to reason toward justice. Using history and literature to explore the complex issues of individual and group rights, Law and the Company We Keep is the first sustained account of the presence and importance of groups in our legal culture. It confronts central questions about the multiple roles of culture and symbol in defining our groups, and through them, our lives.".
- catalog contributor b7351583.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "1. Authority and freedom -- 2. The right to form and join associations -- 3. Guilt by association, association by guilt -- 4. A historical glimpse at ghostly personalities -- 5. Groping for group rights: Beyond politics and expression -- 6. Faulkner, fealty, and communal obligations -- 7. Involuntary groups and the role of history in American law -- 8. Judges and identity problems -- 9. Oaths and the communities of judges".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-286) and index.".
- catalog description "Legal doctrine and the outcomes reached in judicial proceedings will be more coherent if we acknowledge that groups qua groups have significant legal impact. The building blocks of any quest for justice must include the groups - social, biological, political, professional, civil, interpretive, religious - from which we derive and apply ethical standards in search of a better life. The ability to step outside traditional doctrinal boxes that concentrate on relationships between individuals and government will help not only legal thinkers but every person to reason toward justice. Using history and literature to explore the complex issues of individual and group rights, Law and the Company We Keep is the first sustained account of the presence and importance of groups in our legal culture. It confronts central questions about the multiple roles of culture and symbol in defining our groups, and through them, our lives.".
- catalog description "Whether we are black, gay, Republican, women, or deaf, our associations - whether voluntary or assigned - constitute crucial and inescapable elements of our identities. Both voluntary and involuntary groups have been important in American history - more important than is generally recognized. But these groups have never been adequately addressed by law, which has as its primary focus the relationship between the individual and the state. The company we keep, says constitutional law scholar Aviam Soifer, is presumed to be each person's own business, and generally beyond notice of the law. But as America becomes a more varied country and issues arising out of multiculturalism threaten to divide us, it becomes essential, Soifer argues, to recognize rights under the First Amendment that will protect the crucial roles of groups and communities within the larger national community.".
- catalog extent "x, 298 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Law and the company we keep.".
- catalog identifier "0674512987 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Law and the company we keep.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Law and the company we keep.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "302.3 20".
- catalog subject "Collective settlements Law and legislation United States.".
- catalog subject "Culture and law.".
- catalog subject "Freedom of association United States.".
- catalog subject "Group identity United States.".
- catalog subject "KF1390.C6 S67 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Authority and freedom -- 2. The right to form and join associations -- 3. Guilt by association, association by guilt -- 4. A historical glimpse at ghostly personalities -- 5. Groping for group rights: Beyond politics and expression -- 6. Faulkner, fealty, and communal obligations -- 7. Involuntary groups and the role of history in American law -- 8. Judges and identity problems -- 9. Oaths and the communities of judges".
- catalog title "Law and the company we keep / Aviam Soifer.".
- catalog type "text".