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22 produkter
The Ethics of Deference
Learning from Law's Morals
Av Philip Soper, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
536 kr
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Do citizens have an obligation to obey the law? This book differs from standard approaches by shifting from the language of obedience (orders) to that of deference (normative judgments). The popular view that law claims authority but does not have it is here reversed on both counts: law does not …
Forgiveness and Mercy
Av Jeffrie G. Murphy, Jean Hampton m. fl.
Häftad, 1990
331 kr
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This book focuses on the degree to which certain moral and legal doctrines are rooted in specific passions that are then institutionalised in the form of criminal law. A philosophical analysis is developed of the following questions: when, if ever, should hatred be overcome by sympathy or …
Automatism, Insanity, and the Psychology of Criminal Responsibility
A Philosophical Inquiry
Av Robert F. Schopp, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Inbunden, 1991
1663 kr
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This is a book about the role that psychological impairment should play in a theory of criminal liability. Criminal guilt in the Anglo-American legal tradition requires both that the defendant committed some proscribed act and did so with intent, knowledge, or recklessness. The second requirement …
Judging in Good Faith
Av Steven J. Burton, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1198 kr
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This book offers an original theory of adjudication focused on the ethics of judging in courts of law, and proposes two main theses. One is the good faith thesis, which defends the possibility of lawful judicial decisions even when judges exercise discretion. The other is the permissible discretion …
Permissible Killing
The Self-Defence Justification of Homicide
Av Suzanne Uniacke, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
1563 kr
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Do individuals have a positive right of self-defence? And if so, what are the limits of this right? Under what conditions does this use of force extend to the defence of others? These are some of the issues explored by Dr Uniacke in this comprehensive 1994 philosophical discussion of the principles …
Judging in Good Faith
Av Steven J. Burton, Gerald Postema
Häftad, 1994
418 kr
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This book offers an original theory of adjudication focused on the ethics of judging in courts of law, and proposes two main theses. One is the good faith thesis, which defends the possibility of lawful judicial decisions even when judges exercise discretion. The other is the permissible discretion …
Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence
Av Anthony J. Sebok, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1573 kr
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This book represents a serious and philosophically sophisticated guide to modern American legal theory, demonstrating that legal positivism has been a misunderstood and underappreciated perspective through most of twentieth-century American legal thought. Anthony Sebok traces the roots of …
Consent to Sexual Relations
Av Alan Wertheimer, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
634 kr
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When does a woman give valid consent to sexual relations? When does her consent render it morally or legally permissible for a man to have sexual relations with her? Why is sexual consent generally regarded as an issue about female consent? And what is the moral significance of consent? These are …
Philosophy and the Criminal Law
Principle and Critique
Av R. A. Duff, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1554 kr
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Five pre-eminent legal theorists tackle a range of fundamental questions on the nature of the philosophy of criminal law. Their essays explore the extent to which and the ways in which our systems of criminal law can be seen as rational and principled. The essays discuss some of the principles by …
Equality, Responsibility, and the Law
Av Arthur Ripstein, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1351 kr
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This book examines responsibility and luck as these issues arise in tort law, criminal law, and distributive justice. The central question is: whose bad luck is a particular piece of misfortune? Arthur Ripstein argues that there is a general set of principles to be found that clarifies …
Complicity
Ethics and Law for a Collective Age
Av Christopher Kutz, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1628 kr
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We live in a morally flawed world. Our lives are complicated by what other people do, and by the harms that flow from our social, economic and political institutions. Our relations as individuals to these collective harms constitute the domain of complicity. This book examines the relationship …
Crimes against Humanity
A Normative Account
Av Larry May, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
605 kr
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This book was the first booklength treatment of the philosophical foundations of international criminal law. The focus is on the moral, legal, and political questions that arise when individuals who commit collective crimes, such as crimes against humanity, are held accountable by international …
Justification Defenses and Just Convictions
Av Robert F. Schopp, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1468 kr
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This major study advances an interpretation of criminal justification defences that views them as an integral component of the structure of the criminal law. Criminal law is defined here as the institutional representation of the underlying principles of political morality in a liberal society. The …
Moral Combat
The Dilemma of Legal Perspectivalism
Inbunden, 1999
1791 kr
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This book explores the thesis that legal roles force people to engage in moral combat, an idea which is implicit in the assumption that citizens may be morally required to disobey unjust laws, while judges may be morally required to punish citizens for civil disobedience. Heidi Hurd advances the …
Responsibility and Control
A Theory of Moral Responsibility
Av John Martin Fischer, Mark Ravizza m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
613 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive, systematic theory of moral responsibility. The authors explore the conditions under which individuals are morally responsible for actions, omissions, consequences, and emotions. The leading idea in the book is that moral responsibility is based on 'guidance …
The Ethics of Deference
Learning from Law's Morals
Av Philip Soper, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1302 kr
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Do citizens have an obligation to obey the law? This book differs from standard approaches by shifting from the language of obedience (orders) to that of deference (normative judgments). The popular view that law claims authority but does not have it is here reversed on both counts: law does not …
Racism and the Law
The Legacy and Lessons of Plessy
Inbunden, 1997
1006 kr
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Plessy versus Ferguson (1897) established racial segregation in American constitutional law for over fifty years and its moral and political legacy lives on, despite attempts in the United States to counter its devastating effects since the 1950s. Ironically, in the current debate over affirmative …
Racism and the Law
The Legacy and Lessons of Plessy
Häftad, 2010
1093 kr
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Plessy v Ferguson (1897) established racial segregation in American constitutional law for over fifty years and its moral and political legacy lives on, despite attempts in the United States to counter its devastating effects during the last half century. Ironically, in the current debate over …
Handbook of Legal Reasoning and Argumentation
Av Giorgio Bongiovanni, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
3503 kr
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This handbook addresses legal reasoning and argumentation from a logical, philosophical and legal perspective. The main forms of legal reasoning and argumentation are covered in an exhaustive and critical fashion, and are analysed in connection with more general types (and problems) of reasoning. …
Handbook of Legal Reasoning and Argumentation
Av Douglas Walton, Chiara Valentini m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
4881 kr
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This handbook addresses legal reasoning and argumentation from a logical, philosophical and legal perspective. The main forms of legal reasoning and argumentation are covered in an exhaustive and critical fashion, and are analysed in connection with more general types (and problems) of reasoning. …
Racism and the Law
The Legacy and Lessons of Plessy
E-bok, 2013
1459 kr
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Plessy v Ferguson (1897) established racial segregation in American constitutional law for over fifty years and its moral and political legacy lives on, despite attempts in the United States to counter its devastating effects during the last half century. Ironically, in the current debate over …
Handbook of Legal Reasoning and Argumentation
Av Giorgio Bongiovanni, Gerald Postema m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
3808 kr
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This handbook addresses legal reasoning and argumentation from a logical, philosophical and legal perspective. The main forms of legal reasoning and argumentation are covered in an exhaustive and critical fashion, and are analysed in connection with more general types (and problems) of reasoning. …
