{"product_id":"legal-reasoning-and-political-conflict-hardcover-2","title":"Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCass R. Sunstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLegal Reasoning and Political Conflict\u003c\/em\u003e, Cass R. Sunstein, one of America's best known commentators on our legal system, offers a bold, new thesis about how the law should work in America, arguing that the courts best enable people to live together, despite their diversity, by resolving particular cases without taking sides in broader, more abstract conflicts. Professor Sunstein closely analyzes the way the law can mediate disputes in a diverse society, examining how the law works in practical terms, and showing that, to arrive at workable, practical solutions, judges must avoid broad, abstract reasoning. He states that judges purposely limit the scope of their decisions to avoid reopening large-scale controversies, calling such actions incompletely theorized agreements. In identifying them as the core feature of legal reasoning, he takes issue with advocates of comprehensive theories and systemization, from Robert Bork to Jeremy Bentham, and Ronald Dworkin. Equally important, \u003cbr\u003eSunstein goes on to argue that it is the living practice of the nation's citizens that truly makes law. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLegal reasoning can seem impenetrable, mysterious, baroque. \u003cem\u003eLegal Reasoning and Political Conflict \u003c\/em\u003ehelps dissolve the mystery. Whether discussing abortion, homosexuality, or free speech, the meaning of the Constitution, or the spell cast by the Warren Court, Cass Sunstein writes with grace and power, offering a striking and original vision of the role of the law in a diverse society. In his flexible, practical approach to legal reasoning, he moves the debate over fundamental values and principles out of the courts and back to its rightful place in a democratic state: \u003cem\u003eto the legislatures elected by the people.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this Second Edition, the author updates the previous edition bringing the book into the current mainstream of twenty-first century legal reasoning and judicial decision-making focusing on the many relevant contemporary issues and developments that occurred since its initial 1996 publication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCass R. Sunstein\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University. From 2009 to 2012, he was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. He has been involved in law reform activities in nations all over the world, often with a focus on behavioral economics. He is the author of many articles and books, including \u003cem\u003eRepublic.com\u003c\/em\u003e (2001); \u003cem\u003eDesigning Democracy: What Constitutions Do \u003c\/em\u003e(2001);\u003cem\u003e Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge \u003c\/em\u003e(2006); \u003cem\u003eNudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e (with Richard Thaler, 2008), \u003cem\u003eGoing to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide \u003c\/em\u003e(2009); \u003cem\u003eSimpler: The Future of Government\u003c\/em\u003e (2013); and \u003cem\u003eChoosing Not to Choose: Understanding the Value of Choice\u003c\/em\u003e (2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039096574032,"sku":"9780190864446","price":87.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/TUpOZVF0Wjc0UVZ0Y3ZLVE9LV1dGZz09_64397430-c179-49fe-b5f4-493c38d4c1b4.webp?v=1771841331","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/legal-reasoning-and-political-conflict-hardcover-2","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}