Bruce Ackerman
Auteur de The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy
A propos de l'auteur
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University
Crédit image: Bruce Ackerman on France 24 interview, 04/12/2010
Séries
Œuvres de Bruce Ackerman
The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy (2005) 226 exemplaires
The Decline and Fall of the American Republic (Tanner Lectures on Human Values) (2010) 44 exemplaires
Redesigning Distribution: Basic Income and Stakeholder Grants as Cornerstones for an Egalitarian Capitalism (2006) 17 exemplaires
Clean Coal/Dirty Air: or How the Clean Air Act Became a Multibillion-Dollar Bail-Out for High-Sulfur Coal Producers… (1981) 13 exemplaires
La Costituzione di emergenza: come salvaguardare libertà e diritti civili di fronte al pericolo del terrorismo (2005) 3 exemplaires
The rise of world constitutionalism 1 exemplaire
We the People (We the People (Harvard) Book 1) 1 exemplaire
Constituições revolucionárias: Liderança carismática e Estado de Direito (Portuguese Edition) (2022) 1 exemplaire
Del realismo al constructivismo juridico 1 exemplaire
Del realismo al constructivismo jurídico 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Ackerman, Bruce Arnold
- Date de naissance
- 1943-08-19
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Etats-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, Etats-Unis
- Lieux de résidence
- New Haven, Connecticut, Etats-Unis
- Études
- Université de Yale, Ecole de droit (LLB), 19 67
Université d'Harvard (BA., Droit, 19 64)
Bronx High School of Science, New Yok - Professions
- Professeur (Droit constitutionnel)
Juriste (Avocat)
Politologue - Relations
- Rose-Ackerman, Susan (Epouse)
Ackerman, John M. (Fils) - Organisations
- Université de Yale (Ecole de droit, Professeur, 19 74 | 19 82 puis 19 87 | )
Université Columbia (Professeur, Droit, 19 82 | 19 87)
Université de Pennsylvanie (Professeur, Droit, 19 69 | 19 74
Université Columbia
Académie américaine des arts et sciences (Membre)
Institut américain du droit (Membre) (tout afficher 8)
Cour suprême des États - Unis (Clerc de juge, 19 68 | 19 69)
Cour d'appel des États-Unis (Clerc de juge , 19 67 | 19 68) - Prix et distinctions
- Henry Phillips Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Jurisprudence
Commandeur de l'Ordre du Mérite, France - Courte biographie
- Bruce Ackerman (1943- ), American constitutional law scholar; Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School since 1987; full name: Bruce Arnold Ackerman
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- Œuvres
- 36
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 930
- Popularité
- #27,610
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 76
- Langues
- 7
The difficulty with these kinds of books is that I have no clue if the ideas are still relevant or if major case law has changed the playing field. I have yet to take take property, so the problems are compounded.
However, the good news about the book is that it is barely about property law. Ackerman is more interested in using the takings clause as an illustration of the two types of ideal legal philosophies and their implications. Ackerman argues that the struggle in the compensation clause is really a struggle between what he calls ordinary observers and scientific policymakers. Ordinary observers are those who wish to use ordinary non-technical language in order enforce dominant social expectations, while scientific policymakers want to use a highly developed technical language to conform the law to some master comprehensive principle, whether it is law and economic's efficiency, Bentham's utility or Kant's deontology (Ackerman sees Rawls as a promising way of transforming Kant from theoretical to applicable). Ackerman further draws distinctions between judges' willingness to defer to the other political branches and the judges' willingness to redistribute wealth. The ideal types are interesting, and Ackerman's explanation of the implications for each theoretical framework is illuminating.
Ackerman's main thesis is that takings clause is dominated by ordinary observer philosophy. According to Ackerman, the law tries to organize takings jurisprudence around common social understandings of property and takings rather than the legal meaning of property. Such an explanation drives why the takings clause will compensate someone who has their property explicitly taken or destroyed by the state by not when the value of their property is destroyed by regulation. However, Ackerman argues that this view has become incoherent over time, and is being challenged by scientific policymakers. Scientific policy makers wish to base takings jurisprudence on the legal understanding of property as bundles of legal rights, and conform the distribution of these rights to some master principle. Ackerman clearly, approves of the rise of scientific policy makers, but takes great lengths to explain the nuances of each position, their conflicts and areas of agreement.
Overall, the writing is very fluid, and it's fun seeing Ackerman apply utility, Kant and even Hegel to the law. It's clearly written by a lawyer, most of the book is probably disclaimer and qualifications! A good read overall, even if the law is not current.… (plus d'informations)