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Book Synopsis
Philosophy of Law provides a rich overview of the diverse theoretical justifications for our legal rules, systems, and practices.
  • Utilizes the work of both classical and contemporary philosophers to illuminate the relationship between law and morality
  • Introduces students to the philosophical underpinnings of International Law and its increasing importance as we face globalization
  • Features concrete examples in the form of cases significant to the evolution of law
  • Contrasts Anglo-American law with foreign institutions and practices such as those in China, Japan, India, Ireland and Canada
  • Incorporates diverse perspectives on the philosophy of law ranging from canonical material to feminist theory, critical theory, postmodernism, and critical race theory


Table of Contents

Preface ix

Source Acknowledgments xii

Introduction 1

Part I: Legal Reasoning 5

Introduction 7

1 An Introduction to Legal Reasoning 11
Edward H. Levi

2 Remarks on the Theory of Appellate Decision and the Rules or Canons about how Statutes are to be Construed 23
Karl N. Llewellyn

3 Formalism 32
Frederick Schauer

4 Incompletely Theorized Agreements 43
Cass R. Sunstein

5 Custom, Opinio Juris, and Consent 54
Larry May

6 Lochner v. New York (1905) 70

Questions 77

Part II: Jurisprudence 79

Introduction 81

7 The Concept of Law 85
H. L. A. Hart

8 The Model of Rules I 99
Ronald Dworkin

9 Law as Justice 108
Michael S. Moore

10 The Economic Approach to Law 129
Richard A. Posner

11 The Distinction between Adjudication and Legislation 135
Duncan Kennedy

12 Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement 145
Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas

13 Feminist Legal Critics: The Reluctant Radicals 152
Patricia Smith

14 Riggs v. Palmer (1889) 164

Questions 170

Part III: International Law 171

Introduction 173

15 International Law 175
H. L. A. Hart

16 The Nature of Jus Cogens 184
Mark W. Janis

17 A Philosophy of International Law 187
Fernando R. Tesón

18 The Limits of International Law 200
Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric A. Posner

19 The Internal Legitimacy of Humanitarian Intervention 209
Allen Buchanan

20 Humanitarian Intervention: Problems of Collective Responsibility 221
Larry May

21 Humanitarian Intervention: Some Doubts 233
Burleigh Wilkins

22 Prosecutor v. Tadić (1995) 240

Questions 244

Part IV: Property 245

Introduction 247

23 Of Property 251
John Locke

24 Locke’s Theory of Acquisition 258
Robert Nozick

25 Property, Title, and Redistribution 263
A. M. Honoré

26 Philosophical Implications 269
Richard A. Epstein

27 The Social Structure of Japanese Intellectual Property Law 281
Dan Rosen and Chikako Usui

28 Historical Rights and Fair Shares 286
A. John Simmons

29 International News Service v. Associated Press (1918) 291

Questions 299

Part V: Torts 301

Introduction 303

30 Causation and Responsibility 307
H. L. A. Hart and A. M. Honoré

31 Sua Culpa 315
Joel Feinberg

32 Fairness and Utility in Tort Theory 322
George P. Fletcher

33 Tort Liability and the Limits of Corrective Justice 330
Jules L. Coleman

34 A Theory of Strict Liability 338
Richard A. Epstein

35 The Question of a Duty to Rescue in Canadian Tort Law: An Answer From France 348
Mitchell McInnes

36 Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California (1976) 356

Questions 362

Part VI: Criminal Law 363

Introduction 365

37 On Liberty 369
John Stuart Mill

38 The Enforcement of Morals 377
Patrick Devlin

39 Crime and Punishment: An Indigenous African Experience 384
Egbeke Aja

40 The Mind and the Deed 392
Anthony Kenny

41 Between Impunity and Show Trials 402
Martti Koskenniemi

42 Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law 411
Mark Drumbl

43 Defending International Criminal Trials 423
Larry May

44 Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal (1945) 435
Justice Robert H. Jackson

Questions 441

Part VII: Contracts 443

Introduction 445

45 Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts 449
Thomas Hobbes

46 The Practice of Promising 455
P. S. Atiyah

47 Contract as Promise 465
Charles Fried

48 Legally Enforceable Commitments 479
Michael D. Bayles

49 Unconscionability and Contracts 487
Alan Wertheimer

50 South African Contract Law: The Need for a Concept of Unconscionability 500
Lynn Berat

51 Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co. (1965) 511

Questions 515

Part VIII: Constitutional Law 517

Introduction 519

52 Constitutional Cases 523
Ronald Dworkin

53 Does the Constitution Mean What It Always Meant? 535
Stephen R. Munzer and James W. Nickel

54 What’s Wrong with Chinese Rights? Toward a Theory of Rights with Chinese Characteristics 548
R. P. Peerenboom

55 Poverty and Constitutional Justice: The Indian Experience 569
Jeremy Cooper

56 Natural Law: Alive and Kicking? A Look at the Constitutional Morality of Sexual Privacy in Ireland 585
Rory O’Connell

57 Peremptory Norms as International Public Order 602
Alexander Orakhelashvili

58 The Gender of Jus Cogens 610
Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin

59 Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) 620

Questions 626

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 09/04/2009
      ISBN13: 9781405183871, 978-1405183871
      ISBN10: 140518387X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Philosophy of Law provides a rich overview of the diverse theoretical justifications for our legal rules, systems, and practices.
      • Utilizes the work of both classical and contemporary philosophers to illuminate the relationship between law and morality
      • Introduces students to the philosophical underpinnings of International Law and its increasing importance as we face globalization
      • Features concrete examples in the form of cases significant to the evolution of law
      • Contrasts Anglo-American law with foreign institutions and practices such as those in China, Japan, India, Ireland and Canada
      • Incorporates diverse perspectives on the philosophy of law ranging from canonical material to feminist theory, critical theory, postmodernism, and critical race theory


      Table of Contents

      Preface ix

      Source Acknowledgments xii

      Introduction 1

      Part I: Legal Reasoning 5

      Introduction 7

      1 An Introduction to Legal Reasoning 11
      Edward H. Levi

      2 Remarks on the Theory of Appellate Decision and the Rules or Canons about how Statutes are to be Construed 23
      Karl N. Llewellyn

      3 Formalism 32
      Frederick Schauer

      4 Incompletely Theorized Agreements 43
      Cass R. Sunstein

      5 Custom, Opinio Juris, and Consent 54
      Larry May

      6 Lochner v. New York (1905) 70

      Questions 77

      Part II: Jurisprudence 79

      Introduction 81

      7 The Concept of Law 85
      H. L. A. Hart

      8 The Model of Rules I 99
      Ronald Dworkin

      9 Law as Justice 108
      Michael S. Moore

      10 The Economic Approach to Law 129
      Richard A. Posner

      11 The Distinction between Adjudication and Legislation 135
      Duncan Kennedy

      12 Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement 145
      Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas

      13 Feminist Legal Critics: The Reluctant Radicals 152
      Patricia Smith

      14 Riggs v. Palmer (1889) 164

      Questions 170

      Part III: International Law 171

      Introduction 173

      15 International Law 175
      H. L. A. Hart

      16 The Nature of Jus Cogens 184
      Mark W. Janis

      17 A Philosophy of International Law 187
      Fernando R. Tesón

      18 The Limits of International Law 200
      Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric A. Posner

      19 The Internal Legitimacy of Humanitarian Intervention 209
      Allen Buchanan

      20 Humanitarian Intervention: Problems of Collective Responsibility 221
      Larry May

      21 Humanitarian Intervention: Some Doubts 233
      Burleigh Wilkins

      22 Prosecutor v. Tadić (1995) 240

      Questions 244

      Part IV: Property 245

      Introduction 247

      23 Of Property 251
      John Locke

      24 Locke’s Theory of Acquisition 258
      Robert Nozick

      25 Property, Title, and Redistribution 263
      A. M. Honoré

      26 Philosophical Implications 269
      Richard A. Epstein

      27 The Social Structure of Japanese Intellectual Property Law 281
      Dan Rosen and Chikako Usui

      28 Historical Rights and Fair Shares 286
      A. John Simmons

      29 International News Service v. Associated Press (1918) 291

      Questions 299

      Part V: Torts 301

      Introduction 303

      30 Causation and Responsibility 307
      H. L. A. Hart and A. M. Honoré

      31 Sua Culpa 315
      Joel Feinberg

      32 Fairness and Utility in Tort Theory 322
      George P. Fletcher

      33 Tort Liability and the Limits of Corrective Justice 330
      Jules L. Coleman

      34 A Theory of Strict Liability 338
      Richard A. Epstein

      35 The Question of a Duty to Rescue in Canadian Tort Law: An Answer From France 348
      Mitchell McInnes

      36 Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California (1976) 356

      Questions 362

      Part VI: Criminal Law 363

      Introduction 365

      37 On Liberty 369
      John Stuart Mill

      38 The Enforcement of Morals 377
      Patrick Devlin

      39 Crime and Punishment: An Indigenous African Experience 384
      Egbeke Aja

      40 The Mind and the Deed 392
      Anthony Kenny

      41 Between Impunity and Show Trials 402
      Martti Koskenniemi

      42 Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law 411
      Mark Drumbl

      43 Defending International Criminal Trials 423
      Larry May

      44 Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal (1945) 435
      Justice Robert H. Jackson

      Questions 441

      Part VII: Contracts 443

      Introduction 445

      45 Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts 449
      Thomas Hobbes

      46 The Practice of Promising 455
      P. S. Atiyah

      47 Contract as Promise 465
      Charles Fried

      48 Legally Enforceable Commitments 479
      Michael D. Bayles

      49 Unconscionability and Contracts 487
      Alan Wertheimer

      50 South African Contract Law: The Need for a Concept of Unconscionability 500
      Lynn Berat

      51 Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co. (1965) 511

      Questions 515

      Part VIII: Constitutional Law 517

      Introduction 519

      52 Constitutional Cases 523
      Ronald Dworkin

      53 Does the Constitution Mean What It Always Meant? 535
      Stephen R. Munzer and James W. Nickel

      54 What’s Wrong with Chinese Rights? Toward a Theory of Rights with Chinese Characteristics 548
      R. P. Peerenboom

      55 Poverty and Constitutional Justice: The Indian Experience 569
      Jeremy Cooper

      56 Natural Law: Alive and Kicking? A Look at the Constitutional Morality of Sexual Privacy in Ireland 585
      Rory O’Connell

      57 Peremptory Norms as International Public Order 602
      Alexander Orakhelashvili

      58 The Gender of Jus Cogens 610
      Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin

      59 Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) 620

      Questions 626

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