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Preliberal Autonomy And Postliberal Finance, Robert C. Hockett

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Even American Founders whose views diverged as dramatically as those of Jefferson and Hamilton shared a view of finance and of enterprise that one might call “productive republican.” Pursuant to this vision, financial and other forms of market activity are instrumentally rather than intrinsically good — and for that very reason are of interest to the public qua public rather than to the public qua aggregate of “private” individuals. Citizens are best left free to engage in financial and other market activities, per this understanding, only insofar as these are consistent with sustainable collective republic-making. And the republic — the …

Lawyering In The Christian Colony: Some Hauerwasian Themes, Reflections, And Questions, W. Bradley Wendel

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

One who shared Hauerwas's theological commitments might find it difficult to serve as a lawyer, given that the principles of legal ethics are grounded in the kind of political liberalism that Hauerwas finds repellent. For example, Stephen Pepper's well known liberal defense of the standard conception of legal ethics pretty much pushes all of the buttons that set off Hauerwas. Pepper argues that while the law necessarily imposes restrictions on what we may do, but no one else is empowered to place restrictions on our autonomy. In a complex, highly legalistic society, however, citizens are necessarily required in some cases …

The Democratized Market Economy In Latin America (And Elsewhere): An Exercise In Institutional Thinking Within Law And Political Economy, Tamara Lothian

Cornell International Law Journal

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The View From The International Plane: Perspective And Scale In The Architecture Of Colonial International Law, Annelise Riles

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Liberalism, Radicalism, And Legal Scholarship, Steven H. Shiffrin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications