Classic Readings and Cases in the Philosophy of Law

by Dimock,Susan

• ISBN13: 9780321187840
• ISBN10: 0321187849
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-18
• Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

Summary

With over sixty cases as support,Classic Readings and Cases in the Philosophy of Lawpresents the philosophy of law as a perpetual series of debates with overlapping lines and cross connections. Exploring the relation of law to morality, liberty, disobedience, and punishment, this book delves into many social and political issues of pressing importance in contemporary society. The extensive anthology of cases covers the mundane to the grandest of constitutional issues, including controversial topics like ownership of genetic material, capital punishment, and gay rights. With its brief introductions to readings and cases and extensive study questions, this book encourages readers to think critically and philosophically.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
About the Author	xvii
Introduction	xix
PART 1: WHAT IS LAW?	1	(168)
Traditional Natural Law Theory Law for the Common Good	3	(14)
St. Thomas Aquinas: Law for the Common Good	5	(12)
Legal Positivism I Law as Command	17	(19)
John Austin: The Command Theory of Law	20	(16)
American Legal Realism Law as Judicial Pronouncement	36	(16)
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law as Systematized Prediction of What the Courts Will Do	38	(4)
Jerome Frank: Law as the Product of Court Decisions	42	(10)
Legal Positivism II Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules	52	(17)
H. L. A. Hart: Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules	53	(16)
Law and Economics Law as Efficiency	69	(15)
Susan Dimock: Law and Economics	69	(15)
Feminist Jurisprudence Law as a Patriarchal Institution	84	(85)
Patricia Smith: Law as a Patriarchal Institution	85	(6)
Catharine A. MacKinnon: Law as Male Power	91	(6)
Additional Readings	97	(2)
Cases for Discussion	99	(70)
Palsgraf v. Long Island Rail Road Co.	99	(5)
Lynch v. Fisher	104	(4)
Hammontree v. Jenner	108	(2)
Stewart v. Dutra Construction Co.	110	(3)
Stockberger v. United States	113	(3)
McFall v. Shimp	116	(1)
Farwell v. Keaton	117	(4)
Berman v. Allan	121	(3)
Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories; Rogers v. Rexall Drug Co.	124	(10)
Moore v. The Regents of the University of California	134	(13)
Kowalski v. Tesmer	147	(6)
Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City	153	(7)
Kelo v. City of New London	160	(9)
PART 2: THE SEPARATION THESIS, LEGAL REASONING, AND LEGAL INDETERMINACY	169	(138)
H. L. A. Hart and His Critics	169	(2)
The Separation of Law and Morality	171	(16)
H. L. A. Hart: Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals	172	(15)
The Morality of Law	187	(17)
Lon L. Fuller: Positivism and Fidelity to Law--A Reply to Professor Hart	188	(12)
The Morality That Makes Law Possible	200	(4)
Law as a System of Rights	204	(25)
Ronald Dworkin: Rules, Principles, and Rights	205	(14)
Hard Cases	219	(3)
Integrity in Law	222	(7)
Hart's Response to Dworkin	229	(12)
H. L. A. Hart: Defending Legal Positivism	229	(12)
Law as an Indeterminate Patchwork of Irreconcilable Ideologies	241	(66)
Andrew Altman: Legal Realism, Critical Legal Studies, and Dworkin	242	(10)
Critical Legal Studies and the Rule of Law	252	(4)
Additional Readings	256	(1)
Cases for Discussion	257	(1)
Riggs v. Palmer	257	(50)
State of Maryland v. Rusk	261	(9)
Raich v. Ashcroft	270	(3)
Small v. United States	273	(5)
Korematsu v. United States	278	(5)
Plessy v. Ferguson	283	(2)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka	285	(3)
United States v. Virginia	288	(7)
Grutter v. Bollinger	295	(6)
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney	301	(6)
PART 3: CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND THE OBLIGATION TO OBEY LAW	307	(66)
The Duty to Oppose Injustice	310	(8)
Martin Luther King Jr.: Letter from Birmingham Jail	310	(8)
Civil Disobedience and Conscientious Refusal	318	(10)
John Rawls: Civil Disobedience and Conscientious Refusal	319	(9)
The Benefit of Challenging Uncertain Laws	328	(9)
Ronald Dworkin: Civil Disobedience	328	(9)
Civil Disobedience and the Presumption of an Obligation to Obey the Law	337	(36)
David Lyons: Moral Judgment, Historical Reality, and Civil Disobedience	337	(8)
Additional Readings	345	(28)
Cases for Discussion	346	(1)
Schenck v. United States	346	(1)
Whitney v. California	347	(5)
Walker v. City of Birmingham	352	(4)
Board of Education of Minersville School District v. Gobitis	356	(3)
Wisconsin v. Yoder	359	(4)
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith	363	(5)
United States v. Schoon	368	(5)
PART 4: LAW AND LIBERTY	373	(150)
In Defense of Liberty	375	(12)
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty	375	(12)
Paternalism	387	(10)
Gerald Dworkin: Paternalism	387	(10)
Legal Moralism	397	(12)
Patrick Devlin: The Enforcement of Morals	397	(12)
A Refutation of Legal Moralism	409	(114)
H. L. A. Hart: Law, Liberty, and Morality	409	(8)
Additional Readings	417	(1)
Cases for Discussion	418	(105)
John Doe v. University of Michigan	418	(7)
Texas v. Johnson	425	(6)
Cohen v. California	431	(3)
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan	434	(6)
New York Times Co. v. United States	440	(4)
Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party of America	444	(2)
Hernandez v. Commonwealth of Virginia	446	(1)
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale	447	(9)
Miller v. California	456	(4)
Paris Adult Theater 1 v. Slaton	460	(6)
Edwards v. Aguillard	466	(7)
Van Orden v. Perry	473	(4)
Griswold v. Connecticut	477	(5)
Roe v. Wade	482	(4)
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey	486	(14)
Bowers v. Hardwick	500	(5)
Lawrence v. Texas	505	(8)
Loving v. Virginia	513	(2)
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health	515	(8)
PART 5: PUNISHMENT	523	(158)
A Utilitarian Account of Punishment	529	(12)
Jeremy Bentham: An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation	531	(10)
Retributivism I A Kantian Theory of Punishment	541	(6)
Immanuel Kant: The Right of Punishing and Pardoning	543	(4)
Retributivism II Fair Play	547	(12)
Herbert Morris: Persons and Punishment	548	(11)
Retributivism III The Value of Victims	559	(12)
Jean Hampton: A New Theory of Retribution	560	(11)
Restitution	571	(12)
Randy Barnett: Restitution	571	(12)
Restorative Justice	583	(98)
Gorden Bazemore: Three Paradigms for Juvenile Justice	584	(16)
Additional Readings	600	(1)
Cases for Discussion	601	(80)
Miranda v. Arizona	601	(11)
Gregg v. Georgia	612	(8)
McCleskey v. Kemp	620	(11)
Atkins v. Virginia	631	(7)
Roper v. Simmons	638	(13)
Rummel v. Estelle	651	(4)
Hamdi v. Rumfeld	655	(10)
The Insanity Defense: M'Naghten and Durham	665	(8)
State v. Kelly	673	(8)
PART 6: CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION	681	(26)
The Moral Reading of the Constitution	683	(24)
Ronald Dworkin: The Moral Reading of the American Constitution	684	(17)
Appendix	701	(1)
The Bill of Rights and Selected Other Amendments to the Constitution of the United States	701	(1)
Selections from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms	702	(5)
Glossary	707