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While many recent observers have accused American judges—especially Supreme Court justices—of being too driven by politics and ideology, others have argued that judges are justified in using their positions to advance personal views. Advocating a different approach—one that eschews ideology but still values personal perspective—H. Jefferson Powell makes a compelling case for the centrality of individual conscience in constitutional decision making. Powell argues that almost every controversial d
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- Author
- H. Jefferson Powell
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226677309
- Category
- law
- Subjects
- Law
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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