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Readings in the Philosophy of Law
ISBN: 9780137538492 | 0137538499
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 12/1/1992
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This anthology of classical and contemporary philosophical and legal essays and legal cases focuses on legal philosophy as its own subject -- rather than as an outgrowth of social or political philosophy or applied ethics. The essays focus on how law is organized and the particular philosophical issues that law raises -- and gives readers the opportunity to think through actual debates -- many of them still live in the courts. Provides short introductions and thought-provoking questions for each selection. The Practice of Law. The Rule of Law. The Moral Force of Law. Elements of Legal Reasoning. Natural Law and Legal Positivism: Classical Perspectives. Formalism and legal Realism. The Contemporary Debate: Hart v. Dworkin. Law and Economics. Critical Legal Theory and Feminist Jurisprudence. Punishment: Theory and Practice. Problems of Criminal Liability. The Rights of Defendants. Compensating for Private Harms: The Law of Torts. Private Ownership: The Law of Property. Private Agreements: the Law of Contract. Constitutional Government and the Problem of Interpret
| Law in Action | |
| The Adversary System and the Practice of Law | |
| Lawyers Ethics in an Adversary System | |
| An Alternative to the Adversary System | |
| Building Power and Breaking Images: Critical Legal Theory and the Practice of Law | |
| The Lawyer as Friend | |
| The Lost Lawyer | |
| The Rule of Law | |
| Magnitude and Importance of Legal Science |
