[PDF.49ua] Against Obligation: The Multiple Sources of Authority in a Liberal Democracy

Against Obligation: The Multiple Sources of Authority in a Liberal Democracy

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 | #2932662 in Books |  2012-04-25 |  2012-03-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.46 x1.04 x6.47l,1.42 | File type: PDF | 352 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Densely argued, not entirely convincing|By A. J. Sutter|Despite its title, this book isn't some sort of anarchist tract. Abner Greene (AG) is arguing against some very specific obligations, namely (i) an obligation always to obey the law, regardless of its content, (ii) an obligation always to respect the past in the juristic sense, including respecting the "original meaning" o| |In Against Obligation, Abner Greene upends conventional wisdom about several fundamental political questions. Why and when must people obey the law? What does religious freedom require in a liberal democratic state? Must judges and citizens respect hist

Do citizens of a nation such as the United States have a moral duty to obey the law? Do officials, when interpreting the Constitution, have an obligation to follow what that text meant when ratified? To follow precedent? To follow what the Supreme Court today says the Constitution means?

These are questions of political obligation (for citizens) and interpretive obligation (for anyone interpreting the Constitution, often officials). Abner Greene argues that such...

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