American Law from a Catholic Perspective (eBook, PDF)

Through a Clearer Lens
Redaktion: Rychlak, Ronald J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216219606
• Artikelnr.: 74830230

Autorenporträt

Professor Ronald J. Rychlak is the Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government at the University of Mississippi School of Law. In addition to serving as an advisor to the Holy See's mission to the United Nations, he has authored or coauthored eight books on law and modern Catholic history.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Gerard V. Bradley
Preface
Religion and Roman Catholicism in American Legal History Michael Ariens
The Ethics of Lawyers and Judges: Perspectives from Catholic Social
Teaching Robert A. Destro
A Brief History of American Catholic Legal Education: The Arc of an
Uncertain Identity John M. Breen and Lee J. Strang
Philosophy of Law Robert P. George
Tort Law from a Catholic Perspective Ronald J. Rychlak
American Corporate Law and Catholic Social Thought John M. Czarnetzky
The Meaning of Person: A Catholic Legal Perspective Robert John Araujo, SJ
Church and State Richard S. Myers
First Amendment Freedoms and the Right of Privacy: The Necessary Connection
Between Rights and Human Dignity That the U.S. Supreme Court Often Fails to
Make Stephen M. Krason
Equal Protection, Free Speech, and Religious Worship Timothy J. Tracey
United States Immigration Law and Policy Through a Catholic Lens Michael A.
Scaperlanda
Human Dignity and the Death Penalty: Comparing Catholic Social Teaching and
Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence Dorie Klein
Fidelity and Fairness in Marital Commitments, Covenants, and Contractual
Relationships: Mulieris Dignitatem's Wisdom Kevin H. Govern
Catholic Perspectives on Family Law Bill Piatt
The Odd Couple: Comparing U.S. Military Law and Roman Catholic Ideology
Richard V. Meyer
Property Law D. Brian Scarnecchia
The Call to Stewardship: A Catholic Perspective on Environmental
Responsibility Lucia A. Silecchia
American Bankruptcy Law and Catholic Social Theory John M. Czarnetzky
Intellectual Property Thomas C. Berg
Labor and Employment Law David L. Gregory
International Human Rights, Catholic Social Teaching, and American
Practice: The Case of Human Rights Treaty Committees William L. Saunders
Looking Back, Looking Ahead: A Strategy for the Pro-Life Movement Hadley
Arkes
Index