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Utilitarianism Left And Right: A Response To Professor Armour, Robert F. Nagel
Utilitarianism Left And Right: A Response To Professor Armour, Robert F. Nagel
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Watts: The Decline Of The Jury, William T. Pizzi
Playing Defense, Robert F. Nagel
Playing Defense, Robert F. Nagel
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Noting that the Romer opinion condemns the motives behind Amendment 2 without pausing even briefly to examine the social context in which it was enacted, Professor Nagel describes the decision as a model of the intolerant impulse in action. He traces this impulse to the Justices' unwillingness to examine their own role--and that of the rest of the constitutional law establishment--in creating the underlying conditions that produced Amendment 2.
In order to identify those conditions, Professor Nagel analyzes the primary document used by Colorado for Family Values during its campaign on behalf of the initiative. He argues that this document …