Ethics at the edges of law, Kaveny, Cathleen (darald And Juliet Libby Professor Of Law And Theology, Boston College)

Cathleen Kaveny shows how the work of important contemporary figures in Christian ethics, including John Noonan, Stanley Hauerwas, and Margaret Farley, can be enriched and illuminated by engagement with particular aspects of the American legal tradition. The book is divided into three parts: Part I,
Narratives and Norms, examines how the legal tradition can shed light on the development of religious and moral traditions. Part II, Love, Justice, and Law, uses particular legal cases to advance questions about the relationship of love and justice in Christian ethics. Part III, Legal
Categories and Theological Problems, shows how legal concepts can reframe and even resolve moral controversies within religious communities. With this book, Kaveny leads the way towards a mutually profitable exchange between the American legal tradition and the tradition of Christian ethics.