Background
Watson, Bradley C. S. was born on January 7, 1961 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Naturalized, United States. Son of Charles William and Winnifred Nelsie Watson.
( In Living Constitution, Dying Faith, political scientis...)
In Living Constitution, Dying Faith, political scientist and legal historian Bradley Watson examines how the contemporary embrace of the “living” Constitution has arisen from the radical transformation of American political thought. This transformation, brought about in the late nineteenth century by the philosophies of social Darwinism and pragmatism, explains how and why contemporary jurisprudence is so alien to the constitutionalism of the American Founders. To understand why today’s courts rule the way they do, one must start with the ideas exposed by and explained in Watson’s timely tome. Today’s view—rooted in progressivism—is not simply that we have an interpretable Constitution, but that we have a Constitution which must be interpreted in light of “historically situated,” continually evolving notions of the individual, the state, and society. This modern historical approach has been embraced by the judicial appointees of both Democratic and Republican presidents, by both liberals and conservatives, for a century or more. Living Constitution, Dying Faith shows how such an approach has directly undermined Americans’ faith in a limited Constitution—as well as their faith in the eternal verities.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933859709/?tag=2022091-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GUEUE5G/?tag=2022091-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0108E91HK/?tag=2022091-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GUEF2US/?tag=2022091-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0108E8NKG/?tag=2022091-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0108E8RSE/?tag=2022091-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GTM862C/?tag=2022091-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0108E8W9S/?tag=2022091-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FQ34UJS/?tag=2022091-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010WMXOFS/?tag=2022091-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010YPWZ6C/?tag=2022091-20
(In Civil Rights and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy, Bra...)
In Civil Rights and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy, Bradley Watson demonstrates the paradox of liberal democracy: that its cornerstone principles of equality and freedom are principles inherently directed toward undermining it. Modernity, beyond bringing definition to political equality, unleashed a whirlwind of individualism, which feeds the soul's basic impulse to rule without limitation<#209>including the limitation of consent. Here Watson begins his analysis of the foundations of liberalism, looking carefully and critically at the moral and political philosophies that justify modern civil rights litigation. He goes on to examine the judicial manifestations of the paradox of liberal democracy, seeking to bring a broad philosophical coherence to legal decision making in the United States and Canada. Finally, Watson illuminates the extent to which this decision making is in tension with liberal democracy, and outlines proposals for reform.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0739100386/?tag=2022091-20
lawyer political science professor writer
Watson, Bradley C. S. was born on January 7, 1961 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Naturalized, United States. Son of Charles William and Winnifred Nelsie Watson.
Bachelor, University British Columbia, 1983. Bachelor of Laws, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1986. Master of Arts, Claremont University, California, 1992.
Doctor of Philosophy, Claremont University, California, 1996. Master of Philosophy, Catholic University Louvain, Belgium, 1995.
Articled student Campney & Murphy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1986-1987. Associate Palkowski & Company, 1987-1989. Assistant professor Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, 1996-1999, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 1999—2002, associate professor, 2002—2007, full professor, since 2007, Philip M. McKenna chair in American and Western political thought, since 2005.
Adjunct faculty University Redlands, California, 1994-1996. Visiting assistant professor Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, 1995-1996. Adjunct professor Norwich University Graduate Program in Diplomacy, 1997-2003.
Fellow Claremont Institute Study Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, since 1998, John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, Ashland University, since 1999. Co-director Center Political and Economic Thought, St. Vincent College, since 1999. Visiting research scholar/visiting associate professor politics Princeton University, 2005-2006.
Director St. Vincent College Government and Political Education Lecture Series, Civitas Forum, Culture and Policy Conference, Duquesne Club lecture series, George Washington Fellowship Program, since 1999. Visiting research scholar, visiting associate professor politics Princeton University, since 2005, visiting scholar Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Boeling Green, Ohio, 2010.
( In Living Constitution, Dying Faith, political scientis...)
(In Civil Rights and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy, Bra...)
Member American Political Science Association, Canada Political Science Association, James Madison Society, National Association Scholars (board member since 2006), Association for the Study of Free Institutions (board member since 2006), Civitas.
Married Barbara Jean Morton, August 27, 1988. Children: Victoria Jean, Charles Morton, James Bradley.
