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

Randy E. Barnett è professore di teoria giuridica alla Carmack Waterhouse presso il Georgetown University Law Center, dove insegna diritto costituzionale e contrattualistica. Dopo la laurea presso la Northwestern University e la Harvard Law School, ha processato molti casi di reato come procuratore presso l'ufficio del procuratore dello stato della contea di Cook a Chicago. È stato visiting professor presso la Northwestern e la Harvard Law School. Nel 2008 ha ricevuto una borsa di studio Guggenheim in Studi costituzionali. Nel 2004, Barnett è comparso davanti alla Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti per discutere il caso della cannabis medica di Gonzalez v. Raich. Tiene conferenze a livello internazionale ed è apparso in programmi radiofonici e televisivi come CBS Evening News, PBS NewsHour, Talk of the Nation (NPR), Hannity & Colmes (FOX) e Ricki Lake Show. Ha tenuto le lezioni Kobe 2000 in giurisprudenza presso l'Università di Tokyo e l'Università Doshisha di Kyoto. La borsa di studio di Barnett comprende più di 80 articoli e recensioni, nonché 8 libri, tra cui Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty (Princeton, 2004), Constitutional Law: Cases in Context (Aspen 2008), Contracts Cases and Doctrine (Aspen, 4th ed. 2008) e La nostra costituzione repubblicana: garantire la libertà e la sovranità di noi persone (Broadside Books, 2016).

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