The Return of George Sutherland: Restoring a Jurisprudence of Natural Rights

by Hadley Arkes

Book Overview

In this book, Hadley Arkes seeks to restore, for a new generation, the jurisprudence of the late Justice of the Supreme Court George Sutherland--a jurisprudence anchored in the understanding of natural rights. The doctrine of natural rights has become controversial in our own time, while Sutherland has been widely maligned and screened from our historical memory. He is remembered today as one of the "four horsemen" who resisted Roosevelt and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691016283
• ISBN13: 9780691016283
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"