{"product_id":"constructing-basic-liberties-james-e-fleming-9780226821405","title":"Constructing Basic Liberties: A Defense of Substantive Due Process","description":"\u003cb\u003eA strong and lively defense of substantive due process.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From reproductive rights to marriage for same-sex couples, many of our basic liberties owe their protection to landmark Supreme Court decisions that have hinged on the doctrine of substantive due process. This doctrine is controversial--a battleground for opposing views around the relationship between law and morality in circumstances of moral pluralism--and is deeply vulnerable today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Against recurring charges that the practice of substantive due process is dangerously indeterminate and irredeemably undemocratic, \u003ci\u003e Constructing Basic Liberties\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the underlying coherence and structure of substantive due process and defends it as integral to our constitutional democracy. Reviewing the development of the doctrine over the last half-century, James E. Fleming rebuts popular arguments against substantive due process and shows that the Supreme Court has constructed basic liberties through common law constitutional interpretation: reasoning by analogy from one case to the next and making complex normative judgments about what basic liberties are significant for personal self-government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elaborating key distinctions and tools for interpretation, Fleming makes a powerful case that substantive due process is a worthy practice that is based on the best understanding of our constitutional commitments to protecting ordered liberty and securing the status and benefits of equal citizenship for all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James E. Fleming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226821404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226821405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"James E. Fleming","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076438683903,"sku":"9780226821405","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6151712a-0f63-4a77-833e-82221654a198.jpg?v=1685464995","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/constructing-basic-liberties-james-e-fleming-9780226821405","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}