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American Law from a Catholic Perspective
Through a Clearer Lens
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2015
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Edited by Ronald J. Rychlak, American Law from a Catholic Perspective is one of the most comprehensive surveys of American legal topics by major Catholic legal scholars. Contributors explore bankruptcy, corporate law, environmental law, family law, immigration, labor law, military law, property, torts, and several different aspects of constitutional law, among other subjects. Readers will find probing arguments that bring to bear the critical perspective of Catholic social thought on American legal jurisprudence. Essays include Michael Ariens’s account of Catholicism in the intellectual discipline of legal history, William Saunders’s assessment of human rights and Catholic social teaching, Hadley Arkes’s look at the place of Catholic social thought with respect to bioethics, and many others on major legal topics and their intersection with Catholic social teaching.
American Law from a Catholic Perspective is essential reading for all Catholic lawyers, judges, and law students, as well as an important contribution to non-Catholic readers seeking guidance from a faith tradition on questions of legal jurisprudence. Based on well-developed and established ideas in Catholic social thought, the evaluations, suggestions, and remedies offer ample food for thought and a basis for action in the realm of legal scholarship.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8917-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8918-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
307
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Preface No access
1 Religion and Roman Catholicism in American Legal History No access Pages 1 - 12
2 The Ethics of Lawyers and Judges No access Pages 13 - 26
3 A Brief History of American Catholic Legal Education No access Pages 27 - 44
4 Philosophy of Law No access Pages 45 - 60
5 Tort Law from a Catholic Perspective No access Pages 61 - 72
6 American Corporate Law and Catholic Social Thought No access Pages 73 - 82
7 The Meaning of Person No access Pages 83 - 94
8 Church and State No access Pages 95 - 106
9 First Amendment Freedoms and the Right of Privacy No access Pages 107 - 122
10 Equal Protection, Free Speech, and Religious Worship No access Pages 123 - 136
11 United States Immigration Law and Policy Through a Catholic Lens No access Pages 137 - 148
12 Human Dignity and the Death Penalty No access Pages 149 - 158
13 Fidelity and Fairness in Marital Commitments, Covenants, and Contractual Relationships No access Pages 159 - 170
14 Catholic Perspectives on Family Law No access Pages 171 - 182
15 The Odd Couple No access Pages 183 - 196
16 Property Law No access Pages 197 - 212
17 The Call to Stewardship No access Pages 213 - 228
18 American Bankruptcy Law and Catholic Social Theory No access Pages 229 - 238
19 Intellectual Property No access Pages 239 - 252
20 Labor and Employment Law No access Pages 253 - 264
21 International Human Rights, Catholic Social Teaching, and American Practice No access Pages 265 - 276
