Why Societies Need Dissent

Cass R. Sunstein

    Introduction: Conformity and Dissent

    1 Doing What Others Do

    2 Obeying (and Disobeying) the Law

    3 Traveling in Herds

    4 What Will the Neighbors Think?

    5 Free Speech

    6 The Law of Group Polarization

    7 The Framers' Greatest Contribution

    8 Are Judges Conformists Too?

    9 Affirmative Action in Higher Education

    Conclusion: Why Dissent?

    Notes

    Index

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Cass R. Sunstein is Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard University.