Philosophy of Law

Classic and Contemporary Readings
Herausgegeben von May, Larry; Brown, Jeff

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Philosophy of Law provides a rich overview of the diversetheoretical justifications for our legal rules, systems, andpractices.

Utilizes the work of both classical and contemporaryphilosophers to illuminate the relationship between law andmorality
Introduces students to the philosophical underpinnings ofInternational Law and its increasing importance as we faceglobalization
Features concrete examples in the form of cases significant tothe evolution of law
Contrasts Anglo-American law with foreign institutions andpractices such as those in China, Japan, India, Ireland andCanada
Incorporates diverse perspectives on the philosophy of lawranging from canonical material to feminist theory, criticaltheory, postmodernism, and critical race theory

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Produktdetails

• Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 656
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1120g
• ISBN-13: 9781405183871
• ISBN-10: 140518387X
• Artikelnr.: 26015617

Autorenporträt

Writing has been Tam May's voice since the age of fourteen. She writes stories about powerful women set in the past. Her fiction gives readers a sense of justice for women, both the living and the dead. Tam's stories are set mostly around the Bay Area because she adores sourdough bread, Ghirardelli chocolate, and San Francisco history.Tam is the author of the Adele Gossling Mysteries which take place in the early 20th century and features sassy suffragist and epistolary expert Adele Gossling whose talent for solving crimes doesn't sit well with the ideas of some people around her about women's place. Tam has also written historical fiction about women breaking loose from the confinements of their era.Although Tam left her heart in San Francisco, she lives in the Midwest because it's cheaper. When she's not writing, she's devouring everything classic (books, films, art, music) and concocting yummy vegan dishes.For more information about Tam May and her books, check out her website at www.tammayauthor.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
Source Acknowledgments xii
Introduction 1
Part I: Legal Reasoning 5
Introduction 7
1 An Introduction to Legal Reasoning 11
Edward H. Levi
2 Remarks on the Theory of Appellate Decision and the Rules or Canons about
how Statutes are to be Construed 23
Karl N. Llewellyn
3 Formalism 32
Frederick Schauer
4 Incompletely Theorized Agreements 43
Cass R. Sunstein
5 Custom, Opinio Juris, and Consent 54
Larry May
6 Lochner v. New York (1905) 70
Questions 77
Part II: Jurisprudence 79
Introduction 81
7 The Concept of Law 85
H. L. A. Hart
8 The Model of Rules I 99
Ronald Dworkin
9 Law as Justice 108
Michael S. Moore
10 The Economic Approach to Law 129
Richard A. Posner
11 The Distinction between Adjudication and Legislation 135
Duncan Kennedy
12 Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement 145
Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas
13 Feminist Legal Critics: The Reluctant Radicals 152
Patricia Smith
14 Riggs v. Palmer (1889) 164
Questions 170
Part III: International Law 171
Introduction 173
15 International Law 175
H. L. A. Hart
16 The Nature of Jus Cogens 184
Mark W. Janis
17 A Philosophy of International Law 187
Fernando R. Tesón
18 The Limits of International Law 200
Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric A. Posner
19 The Internal Legitimacy of Humanitarian Intervention 209
Allen Buchanan
20 Humanitarian Intervention: Problems of Collective Responsibility 221
Larry May
21 Humanitarian Intervention: Some Doubts 233
Burleigh Wilkins
22 Prosecutor v. Tadi¿ (1995) 240
Questions 244
Part IV: Property 245
Introduction 247
23 Of Property 251
John Locke
24 Locke's Theory of Acquisition 258
Robert Nozick
25 Property, Title, and Redistribution 263
A. M. Honoré
26 Philosophical Implications 269
Richard A. Epstein
27 The Social Structure of Japanese Intellectual Property Law 281
Dan Rosen and Chikako Usui
28 Historical Rights and Fair Shares 286
A. John Simmons
29 International News Service v. Associated Press (1918) 291
Questions 299
Part V: Torts 301
Introduction 303
30 Causation and Responsibility 307
H. L. A. Hart and A. M. Honoré
31 Sua Culpa 315
Joel Feinberg
32 Fairness and Utility in Tort Theory 322
George P. Fletcher
33 Tort Liability and the Limits of Corrective Justice 330
Jules L. Coleman
34 A Theory of Strict Liability 338
Richard A. Epstein
35 The Question of a Duty to Rescue in Canadian Tort Law: An Answer From
France 348
Mitchell McInnes
36 Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California (1976) 356
Questions 362
Part VI: Criminal Law 363
Introduction 365
37 On Liberty 369
John Stuart Mill
38 The Enforcement of Morals 377
Patrick Devlin
39 Crime and Punishment: An Indigenous African Experience 384
Egbeke Aja
40 The Mind and the Deed 392
Anthony Kenny
41 Between Impunity and Show Trials 402
Martti Koskenniemi
42 Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law 411
Mark Drumbl
43 Defending International Criminal Trials 423
Larry May
44 Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal (1945) 435
Justice Robert H. Jackson
Questions 441
Part VII: Contracts 443
Introduction 445
45 Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts 449
Thomas Hobbes
46 The Practice of Promising 455
P. S. Atiyah
47 Contract as Promise 465
Charles Fried
48 Legally Enforceable Commitments 479
Michael D. Bayles
49 Unconscionability and Contracts 487
Alan Wertheimer
50 South African Contract Law: The Need for a Concept of Unconscionability
500
Lynn Berat
51 Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co. (1965) 511
Questions 515
Part VIII: Constitutional Law 517
Introduction 519
52 Constitutional Cases 523
Ronald Dworkin
53 Does the Constitution Mean What It Always Meant? 535
Stephen R. Munzer and James W. Nickel
54 What's Wrong with Chinese Rights? Toward a Theory of Rights with Chinese
Characteristics 548
R. P. Peerenboom
55 Poverty and Constitutional Justice: The Indian Experience 569
Jeremy Cooper
56 Natural Law: Alive and Kicking? A Look at the Constitutional Morality of
Sexual Privacy in Ireland 585
Rory O'Connell
57 Peremptory Norms as International Public Order 602
Alexander Orakhelashvili
58 The Gender of Jus Cogens 610
Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin
59 Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) 620
Questions 626