{"product_id":"morality-imposed-stephen-e-gottlieb-9780814731284","title":"Morality Imposed: The Rehnquist Court and the State of Liberty in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe like to think of judges and justices as making decisions based on the facts and the law. But to what extent do jurists decide cases in accordance with their own preexisting philosophy of law, and what specific ideological assumptions account for their decisions?\u003cbr\u003e Stephen E. Gottlieb adopts a unique perspective on the decision-making of Supreme Court justices, blending and re-characterizing traditional accounts of political philosophy in a way that plausibly explains many of the justices' voting patterns. \u003cbr\u003e A seminal study of the Rehnquist Court, \u003cb\u003e Morality Imposed\u003c\/b\u003e illustrates how, in contrast to previous courts which took their mandate to be a move toward a freer and\/or happier society, the current court evidences little concern for this goal, focusing instead on thinly veiled moral judgments. Delineating a fault line between liberal and conservative justices on the Rehnquist Court, Gottlieb suggests that conservative justices have rejected the basic principles that informed post-New Deal individual rights jurisprudence and have substituted their own conceptions of moral character for these fundamental principles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMorality Imposed\u003c\/b\u003e adds substantially to our understanding of the Supreme Court, its most recent cases, and the evolution of judicial philosophy in the U.S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen E. Gottlieb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814731287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814731284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.34w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 143\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen E. Gottlieb","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926444409087,"sku":"9780814731284","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_eaee3039-8df4-4393-b1fc-d41fc3a7720c.jpg?v=1681083117","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/morality-imposed-stephen-e-gottlieb-9780814731284","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}