Susan Dimock

Classic Readings and Cases in the Philosophy of Law (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 688
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315509631
• Artikelnr.: 49366030

Autorenporträt

Susan Dimock

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 What Is Law?
Chapter one Traditional Natural Law Theory
Chapter two Legal Positivism I
Chapter three American Legal Realism
Chapter four Legal Positivism II
Chapter five Law and Economics
Chapter six Feminist Jurisprudence
Part 2 The Separation Thesis, Legal Reasoning, and Legal Indeterminacy
Chapter seven The Separation of Law and Morality
Chapter eight The Morality of Law
Chapter nine Law as a System of Rights
Chapter ten Hart's Response to Dworkin
Chapter eleven Law as an Indeterminate Patchwork of Irreconcilable Ideologies
Part 3 Civil Disobedience and the Obligation to Obey Law
Chapter twelve The Duty to Oppose Injustice
Chapter thirteen Civil Disobedience and Conscientious Refusal
Chapter fourteen The Benefit of Challenging Uncertain Laws
Chapter fifteen Civil Disobedience and the Presumption of an Obligation to Obey the Law
Part 4 Law and Liberty
Chapter sixteen In Defense of Liberty
Chapter seventeen Paternalism
Chapter eighteen Legal Moralism
Chapter nineteen A Refutation of Legal Moralism
Part 5 Punishment
Chapter twenty A Utilitarian Account of Punishment
Chapter twenty-one Retributivism I
Chapter 22 Retributivism II
Chapter twenty-three Retributivism III
Chapter twenty-four Restitution
Chapter twenty-five Restorative Justice
Part 6 Constitutional Interpretation
Chapter twenty-six The Moral Reading of the Constitution