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Recovering self-evident truths : Catholic perspectives on American law / edited by Michael A. Scaperlanda and Teresa Stanton Collett.

Title
Recovering self-evident truths : Catholic perspectives on American law / edited by Michael A. Scaperlanda and Teresa Stanton Collett.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Collett, Teresa S., 1956-
  • Glendon, Mary Ann, 1938-
  • Scaperlanda, Michael A.
Description
xvi, 403 p.; 23 cm.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Catholic Church > Influence
  • Christianity and justice > Catholic Church
  • Law > United States
  • Religion and law > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-374) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
  • committed to retain
Contents
The foundations of Catholic legal theory : a primer / Kevin P. Lee -- A theological anthropology of the human person / Lorenzo Albacete -- A philosophical anthropology of the human person: can we know the nature of human persons / Benedict M. Ashley -- Truth as the ground of freedom : a theme from John Paul II / Avery Cardinal Dulles -- Solidiarity, subsidarity and the consumerist impetus of american law / Robert K. Vischer -- The constitution and the common good: a perspective on the Catholic contribution / Robert John Araujo -- Why we should (and should not) be liberals / Christopher Wolfe -- Reason, freedom, and the rule of law : reflections on their significance in Catholic thought / Robert P. George -- Labor law : "Making life more human" - work and the social question / Thomas C. Kohler -- Contract law : a Catholic approach? / James Gordley -- Property law: Catholic social thought and the new urbanism : a shared vision to confront the problem of urban sprawl? / Vincent D. Rougeau -- Tort law: toward a trinitarian theory of products liability / Amelia J. Uelmen -- Criminal law: everlasting splendours : death-row volunteers, lawyers, ethics, and human dignity / Richard W. Garnett -- Family law: natural law, marriage, and the thought of Karol Wojtyla / John J. Coughlin -- Immigration law: a Catholic Christian perspective on immigration justice / Michael A. Scaperlanda -- International law: foundations of human rights - the unfinished business / Mary Ann Glendon -- Afterward : Catholics and the two cultures / Russell Shaw.
ISBN
  • 9780813214825 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0813214823 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2006014951
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library