David Lyons challenges us to confront grave injustices committed in the United States, from the colonists' encroachments on Indian lands to slavery and the legacy of racism. He calls upon legal and political theorists to take these social wrongs seriously in their approaches to moral obligation under law and the justification of civil disobedience.
David Lyons challenges us to confront grave injustices committed in the United States, from the colonists' encroachments on Indian lands to slavery and the legacy of racism. He calls upon legal and political theorists to take these social wrongs seriously in their approaches to moral obligation under law and the justification of civil disobedience.
David Lyons is Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law at Boston University. He has been awarded numerous fellowships and awards over his career, and is a member of the American Philosophical Association; the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy (and past Vice-President thereof); the American Political Science Association; the American Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy; and the Association of American law Schools. He serves on several journal editorial boards.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgments * Introduction * 1: The Balance of Injustice and the War for Independence * 2: Slavery and the Rule of Law in Early Virginia * 3: The Legal Entrenchment of Illegality * 4: Unfinished Business: Racial Junctures in US History and Their Legacy * 5: Corrective Justice, Equal Opportunity, and the Legacy of Slavery and Jim Crow * 6: Normal Law, Nearly Just Societies, and Other Myths of Legal Theory * 7: Moral Judgment, Historical Reality, and Civil Disobedience * 8: Political Responsibility and Resistance to Civil Government * 9: Courage and Political Resistance * 10: Epilog: From Politics to Philosophy * References * Index
* Acknowledgments * Introduction * 1: The Balance of Injustice and the War for Independence * 2: Slavery and the Rule of Law in Early Virginia * 3: The Legal Entrenchment of Illegality * 4: Unfinished Business: Racial Junctures in US History and Their Legacy * 5: Corrective Justice, Equal Opportunity, and the Legacy of Slavery and Jim Crow * 6: Normal Law, Nearly Just Societies, and Other Myths of Legal Theory * 7: Moral Judgment, Historical Reality, and Civil Disobedience * 8: Political Responsibility and Resistance to Civil Government * 9: Courage and Political Resistance * 10: Epilog: From Politics to Philosophy * References * Index
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