No Litmus Test: Law versus Politics in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)

by Michael C. Dorf (Author)

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The courts and, indeed, the law itself are under assault from both right and left. By analyzing the most pressing controversies of our day, No Litmus Test defends the possibility of principled legal decision-making against the attacks of both the right and the left. From Bush v. Gore to the war in Iraq, No Litmus Test demonstrates that even when the law provides no clear-cut right answers, it offers tools for distinguishing good arguments from bad ones.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (March 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 074255029X
• ISBN-13: 978-0742550292
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,252,050 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Democratizing Legal Doctrine , May 31, 2006

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This review is from: No Litmus Test: Law versus Politics in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)

This book is a great purchase for the layperson looking to understand legal doctrine and its interrelation and autonomy from workaday politics.
By applying legal analysis to political controversies and political insights into legal questions, Professor Dorf democratizes the law in a way that allows access without loss of nuance while reminding legal professionals and students why the law really is relevant. In short, any enjoyable and edifying book for law students, lawyers, and the myriad friends and family that are prone to asking for that explanation which the former groups can never quite give without further obscuring the Law.