A comprehensive study of public reason for courts, with contributions from leading scholars in philosophy, political science and law.

"Public reason" is one of the central concepts in modern liberal political theory. As articulated by John Rawls, it presents a way to overcome the difficulties

When people of good faith and sound mind disagree deeply about moral, religious, and other philosophical matters, how can we justify political institutions to a

This collection of essays by Sheila Jasanoff explores how democratic governments construct public reason, that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in ma

In this innovative and important work, Gerald Gaus advances a revised, and more realistic, account of public reason liberalism, showing how, in the midst of fun