Readings in the Philosophy of LawFor sophomore/junior courses in Philosophy of Law. This anthology of classical and contemporary philosophical and legal essays and legal cases focuses on legal philosophy as its own subject rather than as an outgrowth of social or political philosophy or applied ethics. The essays focus on how law is organized and the particular philosophical issues that law raises. The book requires students to think through actual debates many of them still live in the courts. |
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Monroe H Freedman Plato | 3 |
Problems of Criminal Liability The Cultural Defense | 11 |
The Rule of | 49 |
Copyright | |
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action argue argument benefits capital punishment civil disobedience claim client command committed common law concept conduct constitutional contract conviction courts crime criminal justice criminal law Critical Legal Critical Legal Studies CRITO cultural death penalty decide decision defendant DISCUSSION QUESTIONS doctrine Dworkin Dworkinian economic efficiency enforcement example exclusionary rule fact feminists Fourth Amendment guilty H. L. A. Hart human ideal important individual intention interpretation judges judgment judicial jury justified lawyer legal realism legal rules legal system legislation legislature Mann Act means mens rea ment moral murder obligation opinion particular person police political practice primary rules principles punishment Purple Shirts purpose rape reason restitution REVIEW AND DISCUSSION Ronald Dworkin rule of law sense sentence social society SOCRATES soundest theory standard statute things tion trial utilitarian valid victim violation wealth maximization women wrong