Civility, legality, and justice in America / edited by Austin Sarat, Amherst College.
Sarat, Austin, editor.
2014
JC337 .C357 2014 (Mapit)
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Title Civility, legality, and justice in America / edited by Austin Sarat, Amherst College.
ISBN 9781107675599 paperback
1107675596 paperback
9781107063716 hardcover
110706371X hardcover
Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Language English
Description xi, 166 pages ; 23 cm
Call Number JC337 .C357 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 300.973
Summary "Throughout American history, the discourse of civility has proven quite resilient, and concern for a perceived lack of civility has ebbed and flowed in recognizable patterns. Today we are in another era in which political leaders and commentators bemoan a crisis of incivility and warn of civility's demise. Civility, Legality, and the Limits of Justice charts the uses of civility in American legal and political discourse. How important is civility as a legal and political virtue? How does it fare when it is juxtaposed with the claim that it masks injustice? Who advocates civility and to what effect? How are battles over civility played out in legal and political arenas? This book brings the work of several distinguished scholars together to critically assess the relative claims of civility and justice and the way law weighs those virtues"-- Provided by publisher.
Note "This volume is the product of a symposium held at the University of Alabama, School of Law on September 27, 2013"--Introduction.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction: The meanings and uses of civility / Austin Sarat
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Against civility : a feminist perspective / Linda M. G. Zerilli
Afterword: Civility and the politics of sexuality / Heather Elliott and Gerald Lunn.

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