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Highly topical collection of innovative essays on the protection of democracy by eminent contributors from the judiciary, the practicing legal profession, the academy, and the realm of journalism. With international safeguards for democracy showing signs of fragility as they come under various forms of attack, the vitality of the legal imagination will be essential to the future of the democratic rule of law. This collection of essays undertakes an innovative and timely assessment of the legal system's capacity for self-renewal. In its focus on law as a creative project in the service of democracy, the volume honors Alfred C. Aman Jr., a distinguished law professor, administrator, jazz musician, and scholar. Aman's extensive body of work includes farsighted, and ultimately optimistic, writings drawing attention to the potential of law reform as a means of addressing democracy deficits in the United States. This book provides a timely, even urgent, analysis of current challenges to democracy, tackling questions of Constitutional interpretation, separation of Church and State, press freedom, personhood, admissibility of evidence, environmental protection, and legal education, among other issues. Beyond current problems, authors consider resources for renewal in unexpected places, for example, looking to mentorship in legal education as support for democratic imagination and to processes of interpretation, improvisation, and generative dissonance as exemplified in music in ways that are relevant to law. The essays relate to the United States and other jurisdictions that, like the US, have fought hard for their freedoms and democracy through law. Edited by Yvonne Cripps. Contributors: Nathan D. Alder, Dan Cole, Lloyd Green, Carol Greenhouse, David Hamilton, Jay Krishnan, Tzu-Yi Lin, Christiana Ochoa, Aviva Orenstein, Arantxa Recarte, Lauren Robel, Landyn Rookard, Susan Williams, Elisabeth Zoller. This book will be made Open Access (license CC BY-NC-ND) within three years of publication thanks to Path to Open, a program developed in partnership between JSTOR, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), University of Michigan Press, and The University of North Carolina Press to bring about equitable access and impact for the entire scholarly community, including authors, researchers, libraries, and university presses around the world. Learn more at https://about.jstor.org/path-to-open/.

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Author:   Professor Yvonne Cripps ,  Nathan D Alder ,  Professor Dan Cole ,  Lloyd Green
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   University of Rochester Press
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9781648250972

ISBN 10:   1648250971
Pages:   430
Publication Date:   04 February 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION Yvonne Cripps 1. Alfred C. Aman Jr.: The Optimistic Scholar, Imaginative Teacher, and Selfless Mentor - Landyn Rookard PART I: DEMOCRACY 2. Democracy and Justice - The Hon. Judge David Hamilton 3. A Free Press and Democracy - Lloyd Green PART II: CONSTITUTIONS, INTERPRETATIONS, AND RIGHTS 4. Jefferson's Violin and Other Instruments of Constitutional Interpretation - Carol Greenhouse 5. Gender Equality and the Music of Constitutional Design - Susan Williams 6. Polyphony and Dissonance: State Courts, Individual Liberty, and Reproductive Rights - Lauren Robel 7. Laïcité: A Jarring Sound in Global Constitutionalism? - Élisabeth Zoller 8. Free Speech Jurisprudence in Taiwan: Variations on a Theme of U.S. Law - Tzu-Yi Lin PART III: PROTECTING PERSONS 9. Protecting 'Persons' in a Technological Era - Yvonne Cripps 10. Executive Orders, Credible Commitments, and U.S. Climate Policy - Daniel Cole 11. Supporting the Presumption of Innocence and Addressing Systemic Racism: Reforming the Law of Evidence to Prohibit Impeaching Criminal Defendants with their Prior Crimes - Aviva Orenstein PART IV: BUILDING INSTITUTIONS 12. Professional Identity Formation in the Legal Profession: Fred Aman, a Mentor, and Why Everyone Should Engage in Mentoring - Nathan Alder 13. Harmonizing International Migration and Legal Education - Jayanth Krishnan 14. In the Groove: The Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies - Christiana Ochoa and Arantxa Recarte List of Contributors Table of Cases Index

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YVONNE CRIPPS is Harry T. Ice Chair of Law, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington.

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