Law
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Religion and the Court 1993
Religious litigants claimed victories in all four cases involving religious freedom to reach the Supreme Court this…
Recruiting for the Revolution
The Public Square The Nation is ecstatic. Its cover story “The Gay Moment” evinces high confidence that…
A Smith for All Seasons
Adam Smith in His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society by jerry z. muller free press,…
The Problem of Power
The Nature of Politics: Selected Essays of Bertrand de Jouvenel edited by dennis hale and marc landy…
The Complexities of Natural Law
Natural Law Theory: Contemporary Essays edited by robert p. george clarendon/oxford university press, 371 pages, $39.95 A…
Against Peer Fear
In response to many inquiries, we are pleased to report that Father Neuhaus continues to recover very…
Nihilism and the End of Law
When President Bush nominated Judge Clarence Thomas to a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court, liberals…
The Moral Fragility of Constitutionalism
America’s Constitutional Soul by harvey c. mansfield, jr. johns hopkins university press, 236 pages, $32 In this…
Getting Grover’s Goat
Herbert Grover is the increasingly visible state superintendent of public instruction for Wisconsin and a man determined…
Presbyterians: Where Have All the People Gone?
The Venerable” is not a title used among Presbyterians, but it fits few people better than John…
Tradition and Creativity in Culture and Law
A well-known account of creativity sets the scene for a celebrated act of creation, and a bleak…
The New Class Reconsidered
Hidden Technocrats: The New Class and the New Capitalism edited by hansfried kellner and frank w. heuberger…
Editorial: Abortion and a Nation at War
Surely, one may devoutly hope, Justice Scalia exaggerates. In his dissent from Planned Parenthood v. Casey (joined…
Getting Rid of the Vegetables
The other day, I cleaned out the vegetable bin in my refrigerator. Some leaves of the head…
Two Paths to Black Power
The process of nominating and confirming Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court served to underline the debate…