Classic Readings and Cases in Philosophy of Law
Author : Susan Dimock
Publisher :
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 21,37 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781315509655
Classic Readings and Cases in the Philosophy of Law
Author : Susan Dimock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1398 pages
File Size : 26,40 MB
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1315509636
Book Description
With over sixty cases as support, this text presents the philosophy of law as a perpetual series of debates with overlapping lines and cross connections. Using law as a focus to bring into relief many social and political issues of pressing importance in contemporary society, this book encourages readers to think critically and philosophically. Classic Readings and Cases in the Philosophy of Law centers on five major questions: What is law? What, if any, connection must there be between law and morality? When should law be used to restrict the liberty of individuals? To what extent should democratic states permit civil disobedience? What, if anything, justifies the infliction of punishment on those who violate the law? The extensive anthology of cases covers the mundane to the grandest of constitutional issues, including controversial topics like ownership of genetic material, capital punishment, and gay rights. Brief introductions to each case describe the central issue being litigated, the legal reasoning of the justices–both majority and dissenting–the decision of the court, and its philosophical significance.
Classic Readings and Cases in Philosophy of Law
Author : Susan Dimock
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 46,92 MB
Release : 2006-10
Category : Education
ISBN :
Book Description
Classic Readings and Cases in the Philosophy of Law Susan Dimock Canada Pearson With over sixty cases as support, this text presents the philosophy of law as a perpetual series of debates with overlapping lines and cross connections. Using law as a focus to bring into relief many social and political issues of pressing importance in contemporary society, this book encourages readers to think critically and philosophically. "Classic Readings and Cases in the Philosophy of Law" centers on five major questions: What is law? What, if any, connection must there be between law and morality? When should law be used to restrict the liberty of individuals? To what extent should democratic states permit civil disobedience? What, if anything, justifies the infliction of punishment on those who violate the law? The extensive anthology of cases covers the mundane to the grandest of constitutional issues, including controversial topics like ownership of genetic material, capital punishment, and gay rights. Brief introductions to each case describe the central issue being litigated, the legal reasoning of the justices both majority and dissenting the decision of the court, and its philosophical significance. Please visit us at www.ablongman.com "
Philosophy of Law
Author : Larry May
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 40,30 MB
Release : 2009-05-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1405183888
Book Description
Philosophy of Law provides a rich overview of the diverse theoretical justifications for our legal rules, systems, and practices. Utilizes the work of both classical and contemporary philosophers to illuminate the relationship between law and morality Introduces students to the philosophical underpinnings of International Law and its increasing importance as we face globalization Features concrete examples in the form of cases significant to the evolution of law Contrasts Anglo-American law with foreign institutions and practices such as those in China, Japan, India, Ireland and Canada Incorporates diverse perspectives on the philosophy of law ranging from canonical material to feminist theory, critical theory, postmodernism, and critical race theory
Readings in the Philosophy of Law
Author : Keith Culver
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 22,98 MB
Release : 1999-12-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781551111797
Book Description
The Philosophy of Law
Author : Frederick F. Schauer
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,4 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Derecho
ISBN : 9780155008274
Book Description
An anthology that gathers classic texts, contemporary theoretical innovations, and well-known recent court cases. The readings are arranged within eight thematic chapters: what is law?; legal reasoning; the moral force of law; the structure and content of rights; justice and equality; punishment; responsibility; and legal procedure and evidence. Extensive introductions make the readings accessible to undergraduates in philosophy and political science and to law students. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Jurisprudence
Author : George C. Christie
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
Page : 1318 pages
File Size : 15,46 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN :
Book Description
Hardbound - New, hardbound print book.
Rethinking Commodification
Author : Martha Ertman
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 47,95 MB
Release : 2005-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0814722288
Book Description
In a world that is often ruled by buyers and sellers, those things that are often considered priceless become objects to be marketed and from which to earn a profit.
Reasonableness in Liberal Political Philosophy
Author : Shaun Young
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 10,67 MB
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1317983750
Book Description
Previously published as a special issue of the Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy, this collection offers a thought-provoking critique of the role of the concept of reasonableness in liberal political theory, focusing on the proposed relationship between reasonableness and the establishment and preservation of a just and stable liberal polity. The essays explore the explicit and implicit use of the idea of reasonableness, presenting an analysis that incorporates normative and empirical observations and employs a number of different analytical approaches, including liberalism, feminism, environmentalism, Marxism, and communitarianism. This unique book provides in a single volume a critique that engages not only a vast array of issues but also a diversity of critical perspectives. It not only rectifies a deficiency in the existing scholarship, but also addresses the issues of socio-political justice and stability, offering new, insightful critiques that respond to the increasingly complex circumstances and conflicts that confront life in contemporary pluralistic societies. Reasonableness in Liberal Political Philosophy will be a valuable resource for those interested in liberal political theory and its potential usefulness in helping to secure a just and stable polity.
Legal Theory and the Legal Academy
Author : MaksymilianDel Mar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 50,72 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1351560506
Book Description
The third in a series of three volumes on Contemporary Legal Theory, this volume deals with four topics: 1) the role of legal theory in the legal curriculum; 2) the teaching of legal theory; 3) the relationship of legal theory to legal scholarship; and 4) the relationship of legal theory to comparative law. The focus of the first two topics is on the common law world, where the debates over the aims and proper place of legal theory in the study of law have traversed a good deal of ground since John Austin's 1828 lecture, 'The Uses and the Study of Jurisprudence.' These first two parts offer a selection of the most important papers, including surveys, as well as pedagogical viewpoints and particular course descriptions from analytical, critical, feminist, law-and-literature and global perspectives. The last three decades have seen just as many changes for legal scholarship and comparative law. These changes (such as the rise of empirical legal scholarship) have often attracted the attention of legal theorists. Within comparative law, the last thirty years have witnessed intense methodological reflection within the discipline; the results of these reflections are themselves properly recognised as legal theoretical contributions. The volume collects the key papers, including those by Neil MacCormick, Mark Van Hoecke, Andrew Halpin, William Ewald and Geoffrey Samuel.
