{"product_id":"reading-law-forward-peter-charles-hoffer-9780700635085","title":"Reading Law Forward: The Making of a Democratic Jurisprudence from John Marshall to Stephen G. Breyer","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the current legal climate where \"everyone is an originalist,\" conventional wisdom suggests that judges merely find law, rather than make it. Orthodox common-law jurisprudence makes fidelity to the past the central goal and criterion. By contrast, the alternative approach, \"reading the law forward\"--what some call judicial pragmatism or consequentialism--is viewed as heretical. Rather than mount a theoretical defense of a forward-thinking jurisprudence, legal historian Peter Charles Hoffer offers an empirical study of how this approach to constitutional interpretation actually leads to better law. \u003ci\u003eReading Law Forward\u003c\/i\u003e looks at seven judges who exemplify this alternative jurisprudence: John Marshall, Joseph Story, Lemuel Shaw, Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, William O. Douglas, and Stephen G. Breyer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the hands of America's leading judges, a jurisprudence of reading law forward enabled courts to respond to the challenges of changing conditions. It kept law fresh. It promoted and still promotes the growth of a democratic society,\" Hoffer convincingly argues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Charles Hoffer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700635084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700635085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.30w x 1.02d","brand":"Peter Charles Hoffer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44128733233407,"sku":"9780700635085","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70c4af5a-c80a-4208-85d4-830d0f40beff.jpg?v=1687460235","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-law-forward-peter-charles-hoffer-9780700635085","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}