Clashing Worldviews in the U.S. Supreme Court

Rehnquist vs. Blackmun

James Davids, Erik Gustafson, Sherena Arrington (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

390 Seiten

2019
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-7059-6 (ISBN)

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Contrasting two Protestant justices who hold distinctively different worldviews, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Harry A. Blackmun, this book explores how each came to hold his worldview, how each applied it in Supreme Court rulings, and how it led them to differing outcomes for liberty, equality, and justice. This clash of worldviews between Rehnquist, whose religious and philosophical influences were anchored in the Reformation, and Blackmun, whose Reformation theology was modified by Enlightenment philosophy, provide the context to examine the true nature of justice, liberty, and equality and to consider how such ideals can be maintained in a society with increasingly divergent worldviews.

Jim Davids is a practicing attorney in Virginia and former professor of constitutional law. Erik Gustafson is adjunct professor at Lake Michigan College and senior pastor at Lake Michigan Christian Center. Sherena Arrington is a political and public policy consultant in Georgia.

Chapter 1: Understanding Competing Worldviews in America
Chapter 2: The Theological Background and Worldview of Justice Blackmun
Chapter 3: Chief Justice William H: Rehnquist’s Theology, Philosophy, and Worldview
Chapter 4: DeShaney in the Shadow of the Fourteenth Amendment
Chapter 5: Zobrest: Aid to All Students, or Only Those Attending Public Schools?
Chapter 6: Kaiser Aetna and the Conservative vs: Progressive Battle of Property Rights
Chapter 7: Webster: Can a State Prohibit the Public Funding of Abortion?
Chapter 8: Bowers: Is Homosexual Conduct Within the Liberties Protected by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Chapter 9: Two Differing Worldviews and Their Implications for Liberty, Equality, and Justice

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 236 mm
Gewicht	699 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
ISBN-10	1-4985-7059-3 / 1498570593
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-7059-6 / 9781498570596
Zustand	Neuware