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1 online resource |
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Studies in Moral Philosophy |
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Studies in moral philosophy.
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| Contents |
Law and Legal Theory; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: LAW AND DEMOCRACY; 1. Review Article: Democracy, Law and Authority; 2. Rorty, the First Amendment and Antirealism: Is Reliance upon Truth Viewpoint-Based Speech Regulation?; 3. Is There a Right to Polygamy? Marriage, Equality and Subsidizing Families in Liberal Public Justification; PART TWO: LEGAL NORMS; 4. The Ideality of Law; 5. Review Article: Legal Theory, Law, and Normativity; 6. Review Article: Raz on the Social Dependence of Values; PART THREE: LEGAL REASONS; 7. Legal Reasons: Between Universalism and Particularism |
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PART FOUR: LEGAL RIGHTS8. Criminal Harms; 9. On the Non-instrumental Value of Basic Rights; 10. Group Rights and Group Agency; PART FIVE: PUNISHMENT; 11. State Denunciation of Crime; 12. Imprisonable Offenses; 13. Punishing the Guilty, Not Punishing the Innocent; 14. 'Who's Still Standing?' A Comment on Antony Duff's Preconditions of Criminal Liability; 15. The Paradox of Forgiveness; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Law and Legal TheoryEdited by brings together some of the most important essays in the area of the philosophy of law written by leading, international scholars and offering significant contributions to how we understand law and legal theory to help shape future debates |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Law -- Philosophy.
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Law -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Law -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Law -- Philosophy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
130619847X |
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9781306198479 |
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9789004262935 |
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9004262938 |
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9004247742 |
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9789004247741 |
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