Book contents
- Great Christian Jurists in American History
- Law and Christianity
- Great Christian Jurists in American History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction: Christianity and American Law
- 1 John Cotton and Roger Williams
- 2 John Winthrop and the Covenantal Ideal
- 3 Friendly Laws: William Penn’s Christian Jurisprudence
- 4 The Friendly Jurisprudence and Early Feminism of John Dickinson
- 5 Roger Sherman, Oliver Ellsworth, and the Formation of America’s Constitutional Order
- 6 John Jay: The First Chief Justice
- 7 James Wilson
- 8 Was Justice Joseph Story a Christian Constitutionalist?
- 9 Harvard’s Evangelist of Evidence: Simon Greenleaf’s Christian Common Sense
- 10 John Marshall Harlan the Elder
- 11 Judicial Conservatism and Protestant Faith: The Case of Justice David J. Brewer
- 12 John T. Noonan, Jr.: Catholic Jurist and Judge
- 13 The Integrative Christian Jurisprudence of Harold J. Berman
- 14 Antonin Scalia: Devout Christian; Worldly Judge?
- 15 The Insights and Transitions of Mary Ann Glendon
- 16 A Reformed Liberalism: Michael McConnell’s Contributions to Christian Jurisprudence
- 17 The Jurisprudence of Robert P. George
- Index
15 - The Insights and Transitions of Mary Ann Glendon
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 June 2019
- Great Christian Jurists in American History
- Law and Christianity
- Great Christian Jurists in American History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction: Christianity and American Law
- 1 John Cotton and Roger Williams
- 2 John Winthrop and the Covenantal Ideal
- 3 Friendly Laws: William Penn’s Christian Jurisprudence
- 4 The Friendly Jurisprudence and Early Feminism of John Dickinson
- 5 Roger Sherman, Oliver Ellsworth, and the Formation of America’s Constitutional Order
- 6 John Jay: The First Chief Justice
- 7 James Wilson
- 8 Was Justice Joseph Story a Christian Constitutionalist?
- 9 Harvard’s Evangelist of Evidence: Simon Greenleaf’s Christian Common Sense
- 10 John Marshall Harlan the Elder
- 11 Judicial Conservatism and Protestant Faith: The Case of Justice David J. Brewer
- 12 John T. Noonan, Jr.: Catholic Jurist and Judge
- 13 The Integrative Christian Jurisprudence of Harold J. Berman
- 14 Antonin Scalia: Devout Christian; Worldly Judge?
- 15 The Insights and Transitions of Mary Ann Glendon
- 16 A Reformed Liberalism: Michael McConnell’s Contributions to Christian Jurisprudence
- 17 The Jurisprudence of Robert P. George
- Index
Summary
Mary Ann Glendon is a prolific and broad-ranging scholar who has also made important forays into public service on behalf of the United States and the Holy See. Her scholarly work can be best understood not as the systematic development or application of a particular jurisprudential school of thought, but rather as the painstaking work of pursuing a series of insights into the transitions to be made in law and in society, across a broad range of discrete topics, around the turn of the twenty-first century. Certain persistent and coherent themes have animated and united her work, especially ideas that resonate deeply with Catholic social thought. Across her scholarly writing on labor and property law, family law, the legal profession, constitutional law, and international human rights, she has remained persistently concerned with the role and importance of mediating institutions of civil society, especially families, with the systemic relationships between law and society, and with the unique importance of comparative methods to help arrive at a sound balance between universal ideals of justice, liberty, and dignity, on the one hand, and the value of the diversity and particularity of local communities, on the other.
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- Great Christian Jurists in American History , pp. 265 - 281Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019