Beyond Comparison

Timothy Macklem

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• Timothy Macklem argues that the heart of discrimination lies not in unfavorable comparisons with the treatment and opportunities that men enjoy, but r... Lees meer

The Jurisprudential Foundations of Corporate and Commercial Law

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• This collection brings together new essays by some of the most prominent scholars currently writing in commercial law theory. The essays address the f... Lees meer

Common Law Theory

Douglas E. (Dickinson College, Pennsylvania) Edlin

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• In this book, legal scholars, philosophers, historians, and political scientists from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the Unit... Lees meer

Crimes Against Humanity

Larry May

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• This analysis of the philosophical foundations of international criminal law focuses on the moral, legal, and political questions that arise when indi... Lees meer

Permissible Killing

Suzanne Uniacke

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• Do individuals have a positive right of self-defense? And if so, what are the limits of this right? Under what conditions, if any, does this use of fo... Lees meer

Objectivity in Law and Morals

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• The seven original essays included in this volume offer a sophisticated perspective on issues about the objectivity of legal interpretation and judici... Lees meer

A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review

W J Waluchow

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• In this study, W. J. Waluchow argues that debates between defenders and critics of constitutional bills of rights presuppose that constitutions are mo... Lees meer

In Harm's Way

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• For several decades the work of Joel Feinberg has been the most influential in legal, political, and social philosophy in the English-speaking world. ... Lees meer

Forgiveness and Mercy

Jeffrie Murphy, Jean E Hampton

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• This book focuses on the degree to which certain moral and legal doctrines are rooted in specific passions that are then institutionalized in the form... Lees meer

Three Anarchical Fallacies

William A Edmundson

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• How is a legitimate state possible? Obedience, coercion, and intrusion are three ideas that seem inseparable from all government and seem to render st... Lees meer

The Moral Conditions of Economic Efficiency

Walter J Schultz

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• Walter J. Schultz illustrates the deficiencies of theories that purport to show that markets alone can provide the basis for efficiency. He argues tha... Lees meer

Is There a Right of Freedom of Expression?

Larry Alexander

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• Larry Alexander offers a skeptical appraisal of the claim that freedom of expression is a human right. He examines the various contexts in which a rig... Lees meer

Equality, Responsibility, and the Law

Arthur Ripstein

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• This book examines responsibility and luck as these issues arise in tort law, criminal law, and distributive justice. In revealing how the problems th... Lees meer

Objectivity in Law and Morals

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• The seven original essays included in this volume offer a sophisticated perspective on issues about the objectivity of legal interpretation and judici... Lees meer

Legal Ethics and Human Dignity

David Luban

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• David Luban is one of the world's leading scholars of legal ethics. In this collection of his most significant papers he ranges over such topics as th... Lees meer

A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review

W J Waluchow

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• In this study, W. J. Waluchow argues that debates between defenders and critics of constitutional bills of rights presuppose that constitutions are mo... Lees meer

Permissible Killing

Suzanne Uniacke

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• Do individuals have a positive right of self-defense? And if so, what are the limits of this right? Under what conditions, if any, does this use of fo... Lees meer

Judging in Good Faith

Steven J Burton

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• This book offers an original theory of adjudication focused on the ethics of judging in courts of law. It offers two main theses. The good faith thesi... Lees meer

Responsibility and Control

John Martin Fischer, Mark Ravizza

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• This book provides a comprehensive, systematic theory of moral responsibility. The authors explore the conditions under which individuals are morally ... Lees meer

Consent to Sexual Relations

Alan Wertheimer

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• 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 rela... Lees meer

Natural Law and Practical Rationality

Mark C Murphy

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• According to the natural law account of practical rationality, the basic reasons for actions are basic goods that are grounded in the nature of human ... Lees meer

Equality, Responsibility, and the Law

Arthur Ripstein

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• This book examines responsibility and luck as these issues arise in tort law, criminal law, and distributive justice. In revealing how the problems th... Lees meer

Judging in Good Faith

Steven J Burton

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• This book offers an original theory of adjudication focused on the ethics of judging in courts of law. It offers two main theses. The good faith thesi... Lees meer

Truth, Error, and Criminal Law

Larry Laudan

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• This book treats problems in the epistemology of the law. Beginning with the premise that the principal function of a criminal trial is to find out th... Lees meer