Robert Heron Bork was an American legal scholar renowned for advocating the judicial philosophy of originalism. His work delved deeply into understanding and applying the original intent of legal texts, shaping discourse in jurisprudence. Bork's influence was particularly profound in antitrust law, where his perspective on maximizing consumer welfare has become a cornerstone of modern legal thought on the subject. His legacy lies in his rigorous approach to legal principles and their consistent interpretation.
Focusing on the implications of antitrust suits, this book argues that they can harm consumers by fostering protectionism for inefficient small businesses. It critiques the traditional understanding of antitrust laws, suggesting that such legal actions ultimately lead to higher costs and reduced competition, rather than the intended benefits of promoting a fair marketplace. Through its analysis, it challenges conventional wisdom and advocates for a reevaluation of antitrust policy's impact on consumer welfare.
In this New York Times bestselling book, Robert H. Bork, our country's most distinguished conservative scholar, offers a prophetic and unprecedented view of a culture in decline, a nation in such serious moral trouble that its very foundation is crumbling: a nation that slouches not towards the Bethlehem envisioned by the poet Yeats in 1919, but towards Gomorrah. Slouching Towards Gomorrah is a penetrating, devastatingly insightful exposé of a country in crisis at the end of the millennium, where the rise of modern liberalism, which stresses the dual forces of radical egalitarianism (the equality of outcomes rather than opportunities) and radical individualism (the drastic reduction of limits to personal gratification), has undermined our culture, our intellect, and our morality. Robert H. Bork sounds a very sobering alarm. We can accept our fate and try to insulate ourselves from the effects of a degenerating culture, or we can choose to halt the beast, to oppose modern liberalism in every arena. In the view of Robert Bork, an understanding of our problem and the will to resist may be our only hope.
Právo vystavené svodům politiky.
Po několik posledních desetiletí bojovaly americké instituce s pokušením politiky. Jednotlivé profese a akademické disciplíny, které kdysi mívaly svůj vastní život a svou vlastní strukturu, postupně podléhaly, a v některých případech téměř zcela podlehly víře, že to jediné, na čem záleží, jsou politicky žádoucí výsledky, ať už se jich dosáhne jakkoli ...
