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Renegotiating The Social Contract, Jennifer S. Hendricks Apr 2012

Renegotiating The Social Contract, Jennifer S. Hendricks

Michigan Law Review

Despite an economic recession and record levels of personal bankruptcy filings due to healthcare costs, President Obama's healthcare reform initiative sparked a season of protests. A "public option"-not to mention a single-payer system-was off the table even before the discussion began. As the question of the reform package's constitutionality wound its way to the Supreme Court, it became clear that a substantial number of American people do not want their government helping them stay alive. In this climate, it is difficult to imagine an America in which the state is an accepted partner in meeting the challenges and responsibilities of …


Climbing The Walls Of Your Electronic Cage, Steven Hetcher May 2000

Climbing The Walls Of Your Electronic Cage, Steven Hetcher

Michigan Law Review

Space. The final frontier. Not so, say the doyennes of the firstgeneration Internet community, who view themselves as the new frontiersmen and women staking out a previously unexplored territory - cyberspace. Numerous metaphors in the Internet literature picture cyberspace as a new, previously unexplored domain. Parallels are frequently drawn to the American colonies, the Western frontier, or outer space. In Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Lawrence Lessig says, "Cyberspace is a place. People live there." In this place, we will build a "new society" (p. 4). A sense of this background is helpful in appraising Lessig's claims. He argues …


The Anatomy Of Antiliberalism, Jeffrey R. Costello May 1994

The Anatomy Of Antiliberalism, Jeffrey R. Costello

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Anatomy of Antiliberalism by Stephen Holmes


The Federal Courts In The Political Order: Judicial Jurisdiction And American Political Theory, James Hopenfeld May 1992

The Federal Courts In The Political Order: Judicial Jurisdiction And American Political Theory, James Hopenfeld

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Federal Courts in the Political Order: Judicial Jurisdiction and American Political Theory by Martin H. Redish


Looking At Our Language: Glendon On Rights, James Boyd White Jan 1992

Looking At Our Language: Glendon On Rights, James Boyd White

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse by Mary Ann Glendon


Happy Slaves: A Critique Of Consent Theory, Adam C. Sloane May 1990

Happy Slaves: A Critique Of Consent Theory, Adam C. Sloane

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Happy Slaves: A Critique of Consent Theory by Don Herzog


Women And Contracts: No New Deal, Elizabeth S. Anderson May 1990

Women And Contracts: No New Deal, Elizabeth S. Anderson

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Sexual Contract by Carole Pateman


Social Justice In The Liberal State, Michigan Law Review Mar 1982

Social Justice In The Liberal State, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Social Justice in the Liberal State by Bruce A. Ackerman


Knowledge And Politics, Phillip Soper Jun 1977

Knowledge And Politics, Phillip Soper

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Knowledge and Politics by Roberto Mangabeira Unger