The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law pdf

Randy E. Barnett est titulaire de la chaire Carmack Waterhouse de théorie juridique au Georgetown University Law Center, où il enseigne le droit constitutionnel et les contrats. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme de la Northwestern University et de la Harvard Law School, il a jugé de nombreuses affaires criminelles en tant que procureur au bureau du procureur de l'État du comté de Cook à Chicago. Il a été professeur invité à la Northwestern et à la Harvard Law School. En 2008, il a reçu une bourse Guggenheim en études constitutionnelles. En 2004, Barnett a comparu devant la Cour suprême des États-Unis pour plaider l'affaire du cannabis médical Gonzalez c. Raich. Il donne des conférences à l'échelle internationale et est apparu dans des émissions de radio et de télévision telles que CBS Evening News, PBS NewsHour, Talk of the Nation (NPR), Hannity & Colmes (FOX) et le Ricki Lake Show. Il a donné les conférences Kobe 2000 en jurisprudence à l'Université de Tokyo et à l'Université Doshisha à Kyoto. La bourse de Barnett comprend plus de 80 articles et critiques ainsi que 8 livres, dont Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty (Princeton, 2004), Constitutional Law: Cases in Context (Aspen 2008), Contracts Cases and Doctrine (Aspen, 4th éd. 2008) et Notre Constitution républicaine : Sécuriser la liberté et la souveraineté de Nous, le peuple (Broadside Books, 2016).

The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law pdf par Randy Barnett

What is liberty, as opposed to license, and why is it so important? When people pursue happiness, peace and prosperity whilst living in society, they confront pervasive problems of knowledge, interest, and power. These problems are dealt with by ensuring the liberty of the people to pursue their own ends, but addressing these problems also requires that liberty be structured by certain rights and procedures associated with the classical liberal conception of justice and the rule of law. Drawing upon insights from philosophy, economics, political theory, and law, Randy Barnett examines the serious social problems that are addressed by liberty--and the background or "natural" rights and "rule of law" procedures that distinguish liberty from license. He then outlines the constitutional framework that is needed to protect this structure of liberty. Athough this controversial new work is intended to challenge specialists, its clear and accessible prose ensure that it will be of immense value to both scholars and students working in a range of academic disciplines.