John Oberdiek / Aileen Kavanagh (ed.)

Arguing About Law

Herausgeber: Kavanagh, Aileen; Oberdiek, John

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Produktbeschreibung

An inventive and stimulating reader for students new to philosophy of law, legal theory and jurisprudence. It covers a wide range of topics, helping the student get to grips with the classic and core arguments and emerging debates in philosophy of law in an accessible and engaging way.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 632
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 180mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1247g
• ISBN-13: 9780415462419
• ISBN-10: 041546241X
• Artikelnr.: 25683957

Autorenporträt

Aileen Kavanagh is Reader in Law and Fellow of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, UK. John Oberdiek is Professor of Law at the Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, USA, and Co-Director of the Rutgers Institute for Law and Philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

General Jurisprudence 1. The Nature of Law: Framing the Debate 1. Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Path of the Law 2. H. L. A. Hart
Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals 3. Lon L. Fuller
Positivism and Fidelity to Law: A Reply to Professor Hart 4. Ronald Dworkin
The Model of Rules 2. Legality and Morality 5. Joseph Raz
Legal Positivism and the Sources of Law 6. Jules Coleman
Negative and Positive Positivism 7. Robert George
Natural Law and Positive Law 8. Ronald Dworkin
Law as Interpretation 9. John Gardner
Legal Positivism: 5¿ Myths Law
the State and the Individual 3. The Rule of Law 10. Joseph Raz
The Rule of Law and its Virtue 11. Ronald Dworkin
Political Judges and the Rule of Law 12. Jeremy Waldron
The Rule of Law as a Theater of Debate 4. The Duty to Obey the Law 13. Joseph Raz
The Obligation to Obey: Revision and Tradition 14. John Rawls
The Justification of Civil Disobedience 15. Martin Luther King
Jr.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail 5. The Legal Enforcement of Sexual Morality 16. John Finnis
Law
Morality
and 'Sexual Orientation' 17. Stephen Macedo
Against the Old Sexual Morality of the New Natural Law Rights 6. The Nature of Rights 18. H. L. A. Hart
Are There Any Natural Rights? 19. Neil MacCormick
Rights in Legislation 20. Ronald Dworkin
Rights as Trumps 21. Joseph Raz
Rights and Individual Well-Being 7. Rights
Terrorism
and Torture 22. Jeremy Waldron
Security and Liberty: The Image of Balance 23. Henry Shue
Torture in Dreamland: Disposing of the Ticking Bomb 24. Jeff McMahan
Torture
Morality
and the Law Theorizing Areas of Law 8. Constitutional Theory: Interpretation and Authority 25. Jeremy Waldron
A Rights-Based Critique of Constitutional Rights 26. Cecile Fabre
The Dignity of Rights
27. Andrei Marmor
excerpt on constitutional interpretation from Interpretation and Legal Theory 28. Antonin Scalia
excerpt on constitutional interpretation from A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law 9. Criminal Law Theory Punishment 29. Daniel Farrell
The Justification of General Deterrence 30. Antony Duff
Penal Communities 31. John Gardner
Crime: In Proportion and in Perspective 10 Tort Theory: Corrective Justice 32. A. M. Honoré
The Morality of Tort Law - Questions and Answers 33. Stephen R. Perry
On the Relationship Between Corrective and Distributive Justice
34. Jeremy Waldron
Moments of Carelessness and Massive Loss Critical Approaches to Law 11. Critical Legal Studies
Critical Race Theory and Feminist Theory 35. Roberto Unger
The Critical Legal Studies Movement 36. Richard Delgado
The Ethereal Scholar: Does Critical Legal Studies Have What Minorities Want? 37. Anne Phillips
Feminism and the Politics of Difference

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General Jurisprudence 1. The Nature of Law: Framing the Debate 1. Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Path of the Law 2. H. L. A. Hart, Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals 3. Lon L. Fuller, Positivism and Fidelity to Law: A Reply to Professor Hart 4. Ronald Dworkin, The Model of Rules 2. Legality and Morality 5. Joseph Raz, Legal Positivism and the Sources of Law 6. Jules Coleman, Negative and Positive Positivism 7. Robert George, Natural Law and Positive Law 8. Ronald Dworkin, Law as Interpretation 9. John Gardner, Legal Positivism: 5½ Myths Law, the State and the Individual 3. The Rule of Law 10. Joseph Raz, The Rule of Law and its Virtue 11. Ronald Dworkin, Political Judges and the Rule of Law 12. Jeremy Waldron, The Rule of Law as a Theater of Debate 4. The Duty to Obey the Law 13. Joseph Raz, The Obligation to Obey: Revision and Tradition 14. John Rawls, The Justification of Civil Disobedience 15. Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail 5. The Legal Enforcement of Sexual Morality 16. John Finnis, Law, Morality, and 'Sexual Orientation' 17. Stephen Macedo, Against the Old Sexual Morality of the New Natural Law Rights 6. The Nature of Rights 18. H. L. A. Hart, Are There Any Natural Rights? 19. Neil MacCormick, Rights in Legislation 20. Ronald Dworkin, Rights as Trumps 21. Joseph Raz, Rights and Individual Well-Being 7. Rights, Terrorism, and Torture 22. Jeremy Waldron, Security and Liberty: The Image of Balance 23. Henry Shue, Torture in Dreamland: Disposing of the Ticking Bomb 24. Jeff McMahan, Torture, Morality, and the Law Theorizing Areas of Law 8. Constitutional Theory: Interpretation and Authority 25. Jeremy Waldron, A Rights-Based Critique of Constitutional Rights 26. Cecile Fabre, The Dignity of Rights, 27. Andrei Marmor, excerpt on constitutional interpretation from Interpretation and Legal Theory 28. Antonin Scalia, excerpt on constitutional interpretation from A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law 9. Criminal Law Theory Punishment 29. Daniel Farrell, The Justification of General Deterrence 30. Antony Duff, Penal Communities 31. John Gardner, Crime: In Proportion and in Perspective 10 Tort Theory: Corrective Justice 32. A. M. Honoré, The Morality of Tort Law - Questions and Answers 33. Stephen R. Perry, On the Relationship Between Corrective and Distributive Justice, 34. Jeremy Waldron, Moments of Carelessness and Massive Loss Critical Approaches to Law 11. Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory and Feminist Theory 35. Roberto Unger, The Critical Legal Studies Movement 36. Richard Delgado, The Ethereal Scholar: Does Critical Legal Studies Have What Minorities Want? 37. Anne Phillips, Feminism and the Politics of Difference