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  • Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions
    by Cass R. Sunstein , Martha C. Nussbaum
    ISBN 0195152174 (0-19-515217-4)
    Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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    Millions of people live with cats, dogs, and other pets, which they treat as members of their families. But through their daily behavior, people who love those pets, and greatly care about their welfare, help ensure short and painful lives for millions, even billions of animals that cannot easily be distinguished from dogs and cats. Today, the overwhelming percentage of animals with whom Westerners interact are raised for food. Countless animals endure lives of relentless misery and die often torturous deaths.

    The use of animals by human beings, often for important human purposes, has forced uncomfortable questions to center stage: Should people change their behavior? Should the law promote animal welfare? Should animals have legal rights? Should animals continue to be counted as "property"? What reforms make sense?

    Cass Sunstein and Martha Nussbaum bring together an all-star cast of contributors to explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it. Addressing ethical questions about ownership, protection against unjustified suffering, and the ability of animals to make their own choices free from human control, the authors offer numerous different perspectives on animal rights and animal welfare. They show that whatever one's ultimate conclusions, the relationship between human beings and nonhuman animals is being fundamentally rethought. This book offers a state-of-the-art treatment of that rethinking.

    Contributors include:
    Elizabeth Anderson
    Cora Diamond
    Richard A. Epstein
    David Favre
    Gary L. Francione
    Gisela Kaplan
    Catharine A. MacKinnon
    Richard A. Posner
    James Rachelsl Lesley J. Rogers
    Peter Singer
    Mariann Sullivan
    Stephen M. Wise
    David J. Wolfson
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  • Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech
    by Cass R. Sunstein
    ISBN 0028740009 (0-02-874000-9)
    Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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    Freedom of speech is one of our greatest legal rights and Cass Sunstein is one of our greatest legal theorists. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to think seriously about the free speech issues facing this generation.

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    Akhil Amar, Southmayd Professor, Yale Law School

    This is an important book. Beautifully clear and carefully argued, Sunstein's contribution reaches well beyond the confines of academic debate. It will be of interest to any citizen concerned about freedom of speech and the current state of American democracy.

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    Joshua Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    How can our constitutional protection of free speech serve to strengthen democracy? Cass Sunstein challenges conventional answers with a remarkable array of lucid arguments and legal examples. There is no better book on the subject.

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    Amy Gutmann, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor, Princeton University [via]

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  • Sunstein, Cass R.: Designing Democracy: What Constitutions Do
    Designing Democracy: What Constitutions Do
    by Cass R. Sunstein
    ISBN 0195158407 (0-19-515840-7)
    Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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  • Free Markets and Social Justice
    by Cass R. Sunstein
    ISBN 0195102738 (0-19-510273-8)
    Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand

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    While not meant to be an overarching "theory of justice" Cass Sunstein's book supplies many of the theoretical components any grand theory ought to include. In the broadest terms, this collection of articles argues that achieving social justice should be of greater importance than the purity of free markets. Markets, he argues, are themselves only possible through political guarantees of rights and the rule of law, and they should be subordinate to discussions of justice. Sunstein considers seven principles that clarify what is at stake in contemporary discussions of law and economics, often exposing unfounded assumptions of libertarians and free market devotees, yet never losing sight of the value of markets and the goods they procure. Insightful chapters on the formation of preferences, the diversity of human goods, the context dependence of choice, and the vexing problems of rationality blend the author's broad knowledge of contemporary philosophy, his command of legal history and philosophy, and a solid grasp of economic theory. Those looking for sound and challenging thinking on these topics have an excellent source in this volume. [via]

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  • Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge
    by Cass R. Sunstein
    ISBN 0195189280 (0-19-518928-0)
    Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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    The rise of the "information society" offers not only considerable peril but also great promise. Beset from all sides by a never-ending barrage of media, how can we ensure that the most accurate information emerges and is heeded? In this book, Cass R. Sunstein develops a deeply optimistic understanding of the human potential to pool information, and to use that knowledge to improve our lives.

    In an age of information overload, it is easy to fall back on our own prejudices and insulate ourselves with comforting opinions that reaffirm our core beliefs. Crowds quickly become mobs. The justification for the Iraq war, the collapse of Enron, the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia--all of these resulted from decisions made by leaders and groups trapped in "information cocoons," shielded from information at odds with their preconceptions. How can leaders and ordinary people challenge insular decision making and gain access to the sum of human knowledge?

    Stunning new ways to share and aggregate information, many Internet-based, are helping companies, schools, governments, and individuals not only to acquire, but also to create, ever-growing bodies of accurate knowledge. Through a ceaseless flurry of self-correcting exchanges, wikis, covering everything from politics and business plans to sports and science fiction subcultures, amass--and refine--information. Open-source software enables large numbers of people to participate in technological development. Prediction markets aggregate information in a way that allows companies, ranging from computer manufacturers to Hollywood studios, to make better decisions about product launches and office openings. Sunstein shows how people can assimilate aggregated information without succumbing to the dangers of the herd mentality--and when and why the new aggregation techniques are so astoundingly accurate.

    In a world where opinion and anecdote increasingly compete on equal footing with hard evidence, the on-line effort of many minds coming together might well provide the best path to infotopia. [via]

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  • Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict
    by Cass R. Sunstein
    ISBN 0195118049 (0-19-511804-9)
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    Among the most frequently heard proposals for reform of the judicial system are those calling for strict adherence to guidelines, be they sentencing, constitutional, or otherwise. Cass Sunstein says it doesn't really work that way. Sunstein, a leading author on legal theory, has added to his body of work this well-reasoned case for variations on a theory of law known as "legal pragmatism"--an approach that gives those in the judiciary greater latitude to decide cases on a variety on grounds. This theory is used as a centerpiece for this discussion on how law, lawyers, and judges work. Sunstein moves through legal theory to examine landmark cases and practical applications. [via]

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