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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789142703321

Titolo

Law and legal theory / / edited by Thom Brooks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-26293-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Collana

Studies in Moral Philosophy, , 2211-2014 ; ; Volume 6

Altri autori (Persone)

BrooksThom

Disciplina

340/.1

Soggetti

Law - Philosophy

Law - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Thom Brooks -- Introduction / Thom Brooks -- Review Article: Democracy, Law and Authority / Samantha Besson -- Rorty, the First Amendment and Antirealism: Is Reliance upon Truth Viewpoint-Based Speech Regulation? / Brian E. Butler -- Is There a Right to Polygamy? Marriage, Equality and Subsidizing Families in Liberal Public Justification / Andrew F. March -- The Ideality of Law / Sean Coyle -- Review Article: Legal Theory, Law, and Normativity / Leonard Kahn -- Review Article: Raz on the Social Dependence of Values / Hanoch Sheinman -- Legal Reasons: Between Universalism and Particularism / María Cristina Redondo -- Criminal Harms / Thom Brooks -- On the Non-Instrumental Value of Basic Rights / Rowan Cruft -- Group Rights and Group Agency / Adina Preda -- State Denunciation of Crime / Christopher Bennett -- Imprisonable Offenses / Richard L. Lippke -- Punishing the Guilty, Not Punishing the Innocent / Richard L. Lippke -- ‘Who’s Still Standing?’ A Comment on Antony Duff’s Preconditions of Criminal Liability / Matt Matravers -- The Paradox of Forgiveness / Leo Zaibert -- Bibliography / Thom Brooks -- Index / Thom Brooks.

Sommario/riassunto

What is the relation between law and democracy and how might it be improved? What values should inform the body of laws that govern us all? How should we determine crimes from non-crimes? What justifies state punishment, if anything? Law and Legal Theory brings together



some of the most important essays in the area of the philosophy of law written by leading, international scholars and offering significant contributions to how we understand law and legal theory to help shape future debates. Contributors include Christopher Bennett, Samantha Besson, Thom Brooks, Brian Butler, Sean Coyle, Rowan Cruft, Leonard Kahn, Richard Lippke, Andrew March, Matt Matravers, Adina Preda, Maria Cristina Redondo, Hanoch Sheinman and Leo Zaibert.