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Objective Judicial Review: Tara Smith on Her Book's Origins (1 of 3)

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Channel: Ayn Rand Institute · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism

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How does a professor of philosophy come to write a book about judicial review? And why does the concept of objectivity figure so strongly in how she believes judges should do their work? In this interview (part 1 of 3), Tara Smith describes the genesis of her book, Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System (Cambridge University Press 2015), and talks about the Rule of Law and its relationship to objectivity. Smith, professor of philosophy and BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism at the University of Texas – Austin, is interviewed here by Steve Simpson, director of legal studies at the Ayn Rand Institute.

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