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Bradley Gerard V. <1954-> |
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A student's guide to the study of law / / Gerard V. Bradley |
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Wilmington, Delaware : , : Intercollegiate Studies Institute, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Collana |
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ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines |
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Soggetti |
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Law - Study and teaching |
Law - Philosophy |
Law and ethics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. What Law Is For: Persons and Their Communities; A. Persons; B. Marriage; C. Religion; D. Moral Foundations of Law; 2. Law, Culture, Morality-And Relativism; 3. Religion, Morality, and the Constitution; 4. Crime and Punishment; Conclusion; Appendices; A. Moral Neutrality; B. Privacy, Etc.; C. Determinatio; D. Conflicts in Conscience between Morality and Law; E. "You Can't Legislate Morality"; F. Positivism and Natural Law; Notes; Bibliographic Essay by Cory L. Andrews; Copyright |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In a society in which courts, and hence lawyers, have achieved extraordinary power, it is not surprising that the discipline of law is contentious and controversial. In A Student's Guide to the Study of Law, Gerard V. Bradley, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame Law School and an expert in the areas of constitutional law and law and religion, introduces readers to the major concepts, cases, and thinkers that have shaped American legal scholarship and history. He also helps readers better understand what, at bottom, is at stake in the different understandings of the nature of law t |
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