Readings in the Philosophy of Law

Name: Readings in the Philosophy of Law
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ISBN: 9780131931510

ISBN-10: 0131931512

ISBN-13: 9780131931510

Edition: 4th 2006

Authors: John Arthur, William H. Shaw

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This anthology of classical and contemporary philosophical and legal essays and legal cases focuses on legal philosophy as its own subjectrather 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. The book requires readers to think through actual debatesmany of them still live in the courts.Initial sections on legal practice, legal reasoning, and the nature of law are followed by discussions of criminal, tort, contract, property and constitutional law. Also includes strong religious freedom and equality and the constitutioncoverage.For lawyers or philosophers studying…

Book details

List price: $98.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 704
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English




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



Eight Ways to Fail to Make Law



Grudge Informers



The Problem of the Grudge Informer



The Rule of Law and Its Virtues




The Moral Force of Law


Crito, Plato


The Justification of Civil Disobedience



On Not Prosecuting Civil Disobedience




Legal Reasoning



Statutes


Interpreting the Adultery Clause of the Ten Commandments



Interpreting the Small Bird Act



A Case Study: Interpreting the Mann Act



Cases Interpreting the Mann Act



Interpretation



Who is a Drunk Driver?



What is a Vegetable?



Can a Murderer Inherit?




Precedents


Stare Decisis: The Use of Precedent



Analogical Reasoning



Rape, Consent and Mens Rea



Precedent and Ligitimacy, Planned Parenthood




The nature of