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- Book Title
- Recovering Self-Evident Truths: Catholic Perspectives on American
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Publisher
Catholic University of America Press
ISBN-10
0813214823
ISBN-13
9780813214825
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53740546
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
382 Pages
Publication Name
Recovering Self-Evident Truths : Catholic Perspectives on American Law
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Subject
Christianity / Catholic, General, Jurisprudence, Religion, Politics & State
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, Religion
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2006-014951
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
349.73
Synopsis
This book presents an engaging collection of essays exploring ""catholic"" and ""Catholic"" perspectives on American law - catholic in their claims of universal truths, and Catholic in their grounding in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. What emerges is a model of human freedom and flourishing that has its foundation in the transcendent vocation of each and every human person. The 2000-year-old Catholic Church played a pivotal role in the formation of the western legal culture. Does it have anything of relevance left to offer that culture in the 21st century? The contributors to Recovering Self-Evident Truths answer with a resounding yes. The opening essays present the guiding premises of the volume as a whole: human persons must be respected by governments and law because their objective dignity arises from being made in the image and likeness of God. Reasoning from these premises, the next set of essays situates the person within community, exploring the implications for the American legal system of taking seriously Catholic understanding of subsidiarity, solidarity, the common good, and the relationship between freedom and truth. The next set of essays concludes the foundational material by engaging dominant secular political and legal theory from a Catholic perspective. With the foundation set, the essays in the second half of the book explore eight specific substantive areas of the law - Contract Law, Property Law, Tort Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law, Family Law, Immigration Law, and International Law - through a Catholic lens. ""Recovering Self-Evident Truths"" is particularly timely: a majority of the justices on the United States Supreme Court are Catholic; Catholics represent a pivotal voting demographic in the American political landscape; and the issue of religion and religious values in the public square is hotly debated as some warn against a creeping theocracy. This book demonstrates that religiously founded values can serve to provide constructive proposals for building a more just society., This book presents an engaging collection of essays exploring "catholic" and "Catholic" perspectives on American law--catholic in their claims of universal truths, and Catholic in their grounding in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. What emerges is a model of human freedom and flourishing that has its foundation in the transcendent vocation of each and every human person. The 2000-year-old Catholic Church played a pivotal role in the formation of the western legal culture. Does it have anything of relevance left to offer that culture in the 21st century? The contributors to Recovering Self-Evident Truths answer with a resounding yes. The opening essays present the guiding premises of the volume as a whole: human persons must be respected by governments and law because their objective dignity arises from being made in the image and likeness of God. Reasoning from these premises, the next set of essays situates the person within community, exploring the implications for the American legal system of taking seriously Catholic understanding of subsidiarity, solidarity, the common good, and the relationship between freedom and truth. The next set of essays concludes the foundational material by engaging dominant secular political and legal theory from a Catholic perspective. With the foundation set, the essays in the second half of the book explore eight specific substantive areas of the law--Contract Law, Property Law, Tort Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law, Family Law, Immigration Law, and International Law--through a Catholic lens. Recovering Self-Evident Truths is particularly timely: a majority of the justices on the United States Supreme Court are Catholic; Catholics represent a pivotal voting demographic in the American political landscape; and the issue of religion and religious values in the public square is hotly debated as some warn against a creeping theocracy. This book demonstrates that religiously founded values can serve to provide constructive proposals for building a more just society. THE EDITORS Michael A. Scaperlanda, the Edwards Family Chair in Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, is author or editor of numerous works including The Journey: A Guide for the Modern Pilgrim and Immigration and Constitutional Law. Teresa Collett, professor of law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis is the author of numerous works including Cases and Materials on the Rules of the Legal Profession and The King's Good Servant, But God's First: The Role of Religion in Judicial Decisionmaking. THE CONTRIBUTORS In addition to the editors, contributors to the volume are: Lorenzo Albacete, Robert Araujo, Benedict Ashley, John Coughlin, Avery Cardinal Dulles, Richard Garnett, Francis Cardinal George, Robert George, Mary Ann Glendon, James Gordley, Thomas Kohler, Kevin Lee, Randy Lee, Vincent Rougeau, Russell Shaw, Amelia Uelmen, Robert Vischer, and Christopher Wolfe., This book presents an engaging collection of essays exploring "catholic" and "Catholic" perspectives on American law--catholic in their claims of universal truths, and Catholic in their grounding in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. What emerges is a model of human freedom and flourishing that has its foundation in the transcendent vocation of each and every human person. The 2000-year-old Catholic Church played a pivotal role in the formation of the western legal culture. Does it have anything of relevance left to offer that culture in the 21st century? The contributors to Recovering Self-Evident Truths answer with a resounding yes. The opening essays present the guiding premises of the volume as a whole: human persons must be respected by governments and law because their objective dignity arises from being made in the image and likeness of God. Reasoning from these premises, the next set of essays situates the person within community, exploring the implications for the American legal system of taking seriously Catholic understanding of subsidiarity, solidarity, the common good, and the relationship between freedom and truth. The next set of essays concludes the foundational material by engaging dominant secular political and legal theory from a Catholic perspective. With the foundation set, the essays in the second half of the book explore eight specific substantive areas of the law--Contract Law, Property Law, Tort Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law, Family Law, Immigration Law, and International Law--through a Catholic lens. Recovering Self-Evident Truths is particularly timely: a majority of the justices on the United States Supreme Court are Catholic; Catholics represent a pivotal voting demographic in the American political landscape; and the issue of religion and religious values in the public square is hotly debated as some warn against a creeping theocracy. This book demonstrates that religiously founded values can serve to provide constructive proposals for building a more just society. THE EDITORS Michael A. Scaperlanda, the Edwards Family Chair in Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, is author or editor of numerous works including The Journey: A Guide for the Modern Pilgrim and Immigration and Constitutional Law. Teresa Collett, professor of law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis is the author of numerous works including Cases and Materials on the Rules of the Legal Profession and The King's Good Servant, But God's First: The Role of Religion in Judicial Decisionmaking. THE CONTRIBUTORS In addition to the editors, contributors to the volume are: Lorenzo Albacete, Robert Araujo, Benedict Ashley, John Coughlin, Avery Cardinal Dulles, Richard Garnett, Francis Cardinal George, Robert George, Mary Ann Glendon, James Gordley, Thomas Kohler, Kevin Lee, Randy Lee, Vincent Rougeau, Russell Shaw, Amelia Uelmen, Robert Vischer, and Christopher Wolfe. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK: "This is a wonderful collection of essays edited by two of the finest Catholic legal scholars writing today. Professors Michael A. Scaperlanda and Teresa Stanton Collett have assembled an august group of scholars and legal practitioners who offer a readable account of what the Catholic legal tradition may contribute, and has contributed, to American law. . . . T]his book is a fine contribution to the growing literature on theology and law. This is an ideal tome for anyone interested in exploring Catholic legal theory and how the Church's theology shapes its understanding of law, politics, and faith. This book could also be used as one of several required texts in courses on religion and law, theology and law, or Catholic legal theory. Scaperlanda and Collett have published an important anthology that deserves a wide reading." -- Journal of C, This Book presents an engaging collection of essays exploring "catholic" and "Catholic" perspectives on American law--catholic in their claims of universal truths, and Catholic in their grounding in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. What emerges is a model of human freedom and flourishing that has its foundation in the transcendent vocation of each and every human person. The 2000-year-old Catholic Church played a pivotal role in the formation of the western legal culture. Does it have anything of relevance left to offer that culture in the 21st century? The contributors to Recovering Self-Evident Truths answer with a resounding yes. The opening essays present the guiding premises of the volume as a whole: human persons must be respected by governments and law because their objective dignity arises from being made in the image and likeness of God. Reasoning from these premises, the next set of essays situates the person within community, exploring the implications for the American legal system of taking seriously Catholic understanding of subsidiarity, solidarity, the common good, and the relationship between freedom and truth. The next set of essays concludes the foundational material by engaging dominant secular political and legal theory from a Catholic perspective. With the foundation set, the essays in the second half of the book explore eight specific substantive areas of the law--Contract Law, Property Law, Tort Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law, Family Law, Immigration Law, and International Law--through a Catholic lens. Recovering Self-Evident Truths is particularly timely: a majority of the justices on the United States Supreme Court are Catholic; Catholics represent apivotal voting demographic in the American political landscape; and the issue of religion and religious values in the public square is hotly debated as some warn against a creeping theocracy. This book demonstrates that religiously founded values can serve to provide constructive proposals for building a more just society., This book presents an engaging collection of essays exploring ""catholic"" and ""Catholic"" perspectives on American law - catholic in their claims of universal truths, and Catholic in their grounding in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. What emerges is a model of human freedom and flourishing that has its foundation in the transcendent ......
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