Isbn: 9780195107173 - beyond all reason: the radical assault on truth in american law (11 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. New York, 1997; gray paper covered boards; black cloth spine; minimal shelf wear; glossy jacket in very good+ condition with minimal wear; 8vo, 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall; underlining and notations on interior pages; 195 pages.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Would you want to be operated on by a surgeon trained at a medical school that did not evaluate its students Would you want to fly in a plane designed by people convinced that the laws of physics are socially constructed Would you want to be tried by a legal system indifferent to thedistinction between fact and fiction These questions may seem absurd, but these are theories being seriously advanced by radical multiculturalists that force us to ask them. These scholars assert that such concepts as truth and merit are inextricably racist and sexist, that reason and objectivityare merely sophisticated masks for ideological bias, and that reality itself is nothing more than a socially constructed mechanism for preserving the power of the ruling elite. In Beyond All Reason, liberal legal scholars Daniel A. Farber and Suzanna Sherry mount the first systematic critique of radical multiculturalism as a form of legal scholarship. Beginning with an incisive overview of the origins and basic tenets of radical multiculturalism, the authorscritically examine the work of Derrick Bell, Catherine MacKinnon, Patricia Williams, and Richard Delgado, and explore the alarming implications of their theories. Farber and Sherry push these theories to their logical conclusions and show that radical multiculturalism is destructive of the verygoals it wishes to affirm. If, for example, the concept of advancement based on merit is fraudulent, as the multiculturalists claim, the disproportionate success of Jews and Asians in our culture becomes difficult to explain without opening the door to age-old anti-Semitic and racist stereotypes.If historical and scientific truths are entirelyrelative social constructs, then Holocaust denial becomes merely a matter of perspective, and Creationism has as much 'validity' as evolution. The authors go on to show that rather than promoting more dialogue, the radical multiculturalist preferencesfor legal storytelling.…

Zustand: New. This book is the first systematic appraisal of the impact of multiculturalism on legal scholarship. Far from making society more humane and less oppressive, radical multiculturalism is destructive of dialogue and community. Worse, the authors contend, radical multiculturalism has deep structural links to anti-Semitism and other forms of racism. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398. . 1997. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…