Rawls and Law

Abstract

Contents: Introduction Part I Constitutional Law: Rawls on constitutionalism and constitutional law, Frank I. Michelman Rawls and the law, Ronald Dworkin Are there limits to constitutional change? Rawls on comprehensive doctrines, unconstitutional amendments, and the basis of equality, Charles A. Kelbley A backdoor to policy making: the use of philosophers by the Supreme Court, Neomi Rao Does philosophy deserve a place at the Supreme Court?, Thom Brooks. Part II Immigration: Immigration, association, and the family, Matthew Lister. Part III Political Liberalism and Public Reason: Political liberalism, Michael J. Sandel The subject of liberalism, Frank I. Michelman Some problems with public reason in John Rawls's Political Liberalism, Kent Greenawalt Can a liberal take his own side in an argument? The case for John Rawls's idea of political liberalism, Ronald C. Den Otter. Part IV Private Law: On belling the cat: Rawls and tort as corrective justice, Kevin A. Kordana and David H. Tabachnick Private order and public justice: Kant and Rawls, Arthur Ripstein. Part V Reparations: Rawls and reparation, Martin D. Carcieri. Part VI Global Justice and International Law: From Utopia to Kazanistan: John Rawls and the law of peoples, John Tasioulas The incoherence between Rawls's theories of justice, Thomas W. Pogge Why Rawls is not a cosmopolitan egalitarian, Leif Wenar Preventing military humanitarian intervention? John Rawls and JA1/4rgen Habermas on a just global order, Regina Kreide Human rights and liberal toleration, David Reidy Name index.