The Three PS of Liberty: Pragmatism, Pluralism, and Polycentricity

ISBN-13: 9783030396046 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 248 str.

Allen Mendenhall

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction.

Chapter 2. Jefferson’s Laws of Nature.

Chapter 3. From Natural Law to Natural Inferiority.

Chapter 4. Seasteading and Polycentric Law.

Chapter 5. Justice Holmes and Pragmatic Pluralism.

Chapter 6. Pragmatic Conservatism.

Chapter 7. Dissenting Opinions Within the Pragmatic Common Law Tradition.

Chapter 8. Justice Brandeis as Jeffersonian Jurist.

Chapter 9. Justice Holmes and Natural Law.

O autorze

Allen Mendenhall is associate dean at Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, USA, and executive director of the Blackstone & Burke Center for Law & Liberty, USA.

Blurb

This book considers the “three Ps” of liberty: pragmatism, pluralism, and polycentricity.  These concepts enrich the complex tradition of classical liberal jurisprudence, providing workable solutions based on the decentralization, diffusion, and dispersal of power.