Philosophy of Law The Fundamentals.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murphy, Mark C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2006.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 0.1 Philosophy, the Familiar, and the Unfamiliar
  • 0.2 What Are Our Commonplaces About Law?
  • 0.2.1 Law is a social phenomenon
  • 0.2.2 Law is authoritative
  • 0.2.3 Law is for the common good
  • 0.3 The Course of Our Inquiry
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 1 Analytical Fundamentals: The Concept of Law
  • 1.1 The Question, and its Importance
  • 1.2 Basic Austinianism
  • 1.3 Positivist Lessons
  • 1.4 Hartian Positivism
  • 1.5 Interlude: Hard and Soft Positivisms
  • 1.6 Natural Law Theory
  • 1.6.1 Fuller's procedural natural law theory
  • 1.6.2 Aquinas's substantive natural law theory
  • 1.7 A Suggested Resolution
  • For Further Reading
  • Notes
  • Chapter 2 Normative Fundamentals: The Basic Roles of Paradigmatic Legal Systems
  • 2.1 What Are the Basic Roles in Paradigmatic Legal Systems?
  • 2.2 The Role of Subject
  • 2.3 The Role of Legislator
  • 2.4 The Role of Judge
  • For Further Reading
  • Notes
  • Chapter 3 The Aims of Law
  • 3.1 The Aims of Law and the Common Good
  • 3.2 The Harm-to-others Principle
  • 3.3 Challenges to the Harm-to-others Principle
  • 3.3.1 Types of harm
  • 3.3.2 The party harmed
  • 3.4 Morals Legislation
  • For Further Reading
  • Notes
  • Chapter 4 The Nature and Aims of the Criminal Law
  • 4.1 Types of Legal Norms
  • 4.2 Crime and Punishment
  • 4.3 Two Normative Theories of Punishment
  • 4.3.1 Utilitarian theories
  • 4.3.2 Retributivist theories
  • 4.4 Justification and Excuse
  • For Further Reading
  • Notes
  • Chapter 5 The Nature and Aims of Tort Law
  • 5.1 Torts and Crimes
  • 5.2 Torts and Damages
  • 5.3 Economic and Justice Accounts of Negligence Torts
  • 5.4 Elements of the Negligence Tort
  • 5.4.1 Duty
  • 5.4.2 Breach
  • 5.4.3 Cause
  • 5.4.4 Loss
  • 5.5 Damages
  • 5.6 Intentional Torts and Torts of Strict Liability
  • For Further Reading
  • Notes
  • Chapter 6 Challenging the Law
  • 6.1 Putting Legal Roles to the Question
  • 6.2 Against the Role of Subject: Philosophical Anarchism
  • 6.3 Against the Role of Legislator: Marxism, Feminist Legal Theory, Critical Race Theory
  • 6.4 Against the Role of Judge: American Legal Realism, Critical Legal Studies
  • For Further Reading
  • Notes
  • Index

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