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Legal Pragmatism: Community, Rights, and Democracy

Legal Pragmatism: Community, Rights, and Democracy

Paperback

Series: American Philosophy

PhilosophyGeneral Law

ISBN10: 025321906X
ISBN13: 9780253219060
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: Jun 14 2007
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.43 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

In Legal Pragmatism, Michael Sullivan looks closely at the place of the individual and community in democratic society. After mapping out a brief history of American legal thinking regarding rights, from communitarianism to liberalism, Sullivan gives a rich and nuanced account of how pragmatism worked to resolve conflicts of self-interest and community well-being. Sullivan's view of pragmatism provides a comprehensive framework for understanding democracy, as well as issues such as health care, education, gay marriage, and illegal immigration that will determine its character in the future. Legal Pragmatism is a bold, carefully argued book that presents a unique understanding of contemporary society, law, and politics.

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