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- catalog abstract "Legal scholarship is in a state of crisis, argues Laura Kalman in this history of the most prestigious field in law studies, constitutional theory. Since the New Deal, Kalman says, most law scholars have identified themselves as liberals who believe in the power of the Supreme Court to effect progressive social change. In recent years, however, new political and interdisciplinary perspectives have undermined the tenets of legal liberalism, and liberal law professors have enlisted other disciplines in the attempt to legitimize their beliefs. Such prominent legal thinkers as Cass Sunstein, Bruce Ackerman, and Frank Michelman have incorporated the work of historians into their legal theories and arguments, turning to eighteenth-century republicanism - which stressed communal values and an active citizenry - to justify their goals. Kalman, a historian and a lawyer, suggests that reliance on history in legal thinking makes sense at a time when the Supreme Court repeatedly declares that it will protect only those liberties rooted in history and tradition. There are pitfalls in interdisciplinary argumentation, she cautions, for historians' reactions to this use of their work have been unenthusiastic and even hostile. Yet lawyers, law professors, and historians have cooperated in some recent Supreme Court cases, and Kalman concludes with a practical examination of the ways they can work together more effectively as social activists.".
- catalog contributor b9055735.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-360) and index.".
- catalog description "Kalman, a historian and a lawyer, suggests that reliance on history in legal thinking makes sense at a time when the Supreme Court repeatedly declares that it will protect only those liberties rooted in history and tradition. There are pitfalls in interdisciplinary argumentation, she cautions, for historians' reactions to this use of their work have been unenthusiastic and even hostile. Yet lawyers, law professors, and historians have cooperated in some recent Supreme Court cases, and Kalman concludes with a practical examination of the ways they can work together more effectively as social activists.".
- catalog description "Legal scholarship is in a state of crisis, argues Laura Kalman in this history of the most prestigious field in law studies, constitutional theory. Since the New Deal, Kalman says, most law scholars have identified themselves as liberals who believe in the power of the Supreme Court to effect progressive social change. In recent years, however, new political and interdisciplinary perspectives have undermined the tenets of legal liberalism, and liberal law professors have enlisted other disciplines in the attempt to legitimize their beliefs. Such prominent legal thinkers as Cass Sunstein, Bruce Ackerman, and Frank Michelman have incorporated the work of historians into their legal theories and arguments, turning to eighteenth-century republicanism - which stressed communal values and an active citizenry - to justify their goals.".
- catalog description "Prologue: Faith of Our Fathers -- pt. I. The Spell of the Warren Court. Ch. 1. Times to Remember. Ch. 2. "Law And" Ch. 3. Interlude: Thinking about Thinking. Ch. 4. Crisis. Ch. 5. The Turn To History -- pt. II. Lawyers and Historians. Ch. 6. Lawyers v. Historians. Ch. 7. Trading Places -- Epilogue: Liberalism, History, and Law Professors.".
- catalog extent "viii, 375 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0300063695 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "342.73/001 347.30201 20".
- catalog subject "Constitutional law United States Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Constitutional law United States.".
- catalog subject "KF4552 .K35 1996".
- catalog subject "Law United States Methodology History.".
- catalog subject "Liberalism United States History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: Faith of Our Fathers -- pt. I. The Spell of the Warren Court. Ch. 1. Times to Remember. Ch. 2. "Law And" Ch. 3. Interlude: Thinking about Thinking. Ch. 4. Crisis. Ch. 5. The Turn To History -- pt. II. Lawyers and Historians. Ch. 6. Lawyers v. Historians. Ch. 7. Trading Places -- Epilogue: Liberalism, History, and Law Professors.".
- catalog title "The strange career of legal liberalism / Laura Kalman.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".