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  • The Return of George Sutherland

    Restoring a Jurisprudence of Natural Rights

    by Hadley Arkes ...
    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 ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Mere Natural Law

    Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution

    by Hadley Arkes ...
    Originalism Is Not EnoughIn this profoundly important reassessment of constitutional interpretation, the eminent legal philosopher Hadley Arkes argues that “originalism” alone is an inadequate answer to judicial activism. Untethered from “mere Natural Law”—the moral principles knowable by all—our legal and constitutional system is doomed to incoherence.The framers of the Constitution regarded the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Beyond the Constitution

    by Hadley Arkes ...
    Hadley Arkes argues that it is necessary to move "beyond the Constitution," to the principles that stood antecedent to the text, if we are to understand the text and apply the Constitution to the cases that arise every day in our law. ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • First Things

    An Inquiry into the First Principles of Morals and Justice

    by Hadley Arkes ...
    This book restores to us an understanding that was once settled in the "moral sciences": that there are propositions, in morals and law, which are not only true but which cannot be otherwise. It was understood in the past that, in morals or in mathematics, our knowledge begins with certain axioms that must hold true of necessity; that the principles drawn from these axioms hold true universally, ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Natural Law Today

    The Present State of the Perennial Philosophy

    by Christopher Wolfe, Steven Brust, J. Daryl Charles, Fulvio Di Blasi, Steven A. Long, Michael Pakaluk, J. Budziszewski, Hadley Arkes, Ralph McInerny, University of Notre Dame0 ...
    Natural Law Today: The Present State of the Perennial Philosophy explains and defends various aspects of traditional natural law ethical theory, which is rooted in a broad understanding of human nature. Some of the issues touched upon include the relation of natural law to speculative reason and human ends (teleology), the relationship between natural law and natural theology, the so-called ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

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    Mere Natural Law

    Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution

    by Hadley Arkes ...
    Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 17 min

    Originalism Is Not EnoughThe Founding Fathers held certain truths to be "self-evident." Do we?In this profoundly important reassessment of constitutional interpretation, the eminent legal philosopher Hadley Arkes argues that "originalism" alone is an inadequate answer to the judicial activism of the left. Without recourse to "mere Natural Law"—the moral principles knowable by all—our legal and ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    First Principles & Natural Law Part I

    The Foundations of Political Philosophy (part I)

    by Hadley Arkes ...
    Narrated by Hadley Arkes ...
    Series series

    Unabridged

    4 hours 19 min

    In this course of lectures, Professor Hadley Arkes seeks to recall the classic connection between law and morality. Law works by replacing personal choice and private judgment with a public rule enforced on everyone, which raises the question of whether there are in fact rights grounded in the very nature of human beings. Seeking the principles that form the groundwork of moral judgment, Arkes ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    First Principles & Natural Law Part II

    The Foundations of Political Philosophy (part II)

    by Hadley Arkes ...
    Narrated by Hadley Arkes ...
    Series series

    Unabridged

    4 hours 30 min

    In Part II of First Principles and Natural Law, Professor Hadley Arkes delves further into the classic connection between morality and law. Indeed, this link between the basis of law and the principles that form the groundwork of moral judgment is very much at play in today's world, as evidenced in everything from Supreme Court decisions to national policy. Drawing upon the works of such ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • American Exceptionalism

    The Origins, History, and Future of the Nation's Greatest Strength

    by James W. Ceaser, Hugh Heclo, Hadley Arkes, Daniel L. Dreisbach, T. David Gordon, William Kristol, George H. Nash, Marvin J. Folkertsma, Michael Barone, Steven F. Hayward ...
    American Exceptionalism provokes intense debates culturally, economically, politically, and socially. This collection, edited by Charles W. Dunn of Regent University's Robertson School of Government, brings together analysis of the idea's origins, history and future.Contributors include:Hadley Arkes, Michael Barone, James W. Ceasar, Charles W. Dunn, Daniel L. Dreisbach, T. David Gordon, Steven F. ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Leo Strauss, The Straussians, and the Study of the American Regime

    by John A. Murley, Laurence Berns with Eva Brann, Mark Blitz, Aryeh Botwinick, Christopher A. Colmo, Kenneth Deutsch, Murray Dry, Robert Eden, Miriam Galston, Gary D. Glenn, Harry Jaffa, Charles Kesler, Carnes Lord, John A. Marini, Eugene Miller, John Murley, Susan Orr, Ralph Rossum, Gary J. Schmitt, Abram Shulsky, Gregory Bruce Smith, Ronald Terchek, Michael Zuckert, Kenneth L. Deutsch, George Anastaplo, Hadley Arkes, Larry Arnhart, Joseph Cropsey, William A. Galston, Will Morrisey, Walter Nicgorski ...
    Responding to volatile criticisms frequently leveled at Leo Strauss and those he influenced, the prominent contributors to this volume demonstrate the profound influence that Strauss and his students have exerted on American liberal democracy and contemporary political thought. By stressing the enduring vitality of classic books and by articulating the theoretical and practical flaws of relativism ... Read more

    $64.79 USD