Philosophical Law - (Contributions in Legal Studies) by Richard Bronaugh (Hardcover)

About the Book

This is a collection of essays touching on four distinct areas of interest to philosophers, lawyers, and political scientists: the philosophical justification for the adversary system; the problems of truth-finding in an adversarial setting; the issue of justice in relation to social policy-making; the right to privacy.

Book Synopsis

This is a collection of essays touching on four distinct areas of interest to philosophers, lawyers, and political scientists: the philosophical justification for the adversary system; the problems of truth-finding in an adversarial setting; the issue of justice in relation to social policy-making; the right to privacy.

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?At last, a political scientist has recognized the importance of storytelling in American political life as a way by which individuals within a political culture express and understand events and values. Buker's intriguing study provides a thought-provoking comparison of the classical liberalism in the stories of members of an upper-middle- class Ohio community against the collectivism off a working-class Hawaii town and reveals how each political culture attempts to deal with the problem of balancing the public and private spheres. . .?-Choice

"At last, a political scientist has recognized the importance of storytelling in American political life as a way by which individuals within a political culture express and understand events and values. Buker's intriguing study provides a thought-provoking comparison of the classical liberalism in the stories of members of an upper-middle- class Ohio community against the collectivism off a working-class Hawaii town and reveals how each political culture attempts to deal with the problem of balancing the public and private spheres. . ."-Choice