Law and Morality: Readings in Legal Philosophy

by Dyzenhaus, David; Ripstein, Arthur

• ISBN13: 9780802035769
• ISBN10: 0802035760
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Filling a long-standing need for a Canadian textbook in the philosophy of law, this anthology includes articles, readings, and cases in legal philosophy to give students the conceptual tools necessary to consider the general problems of jurisprudence.

Author Biography

David Dyzenhaus is a professor in the Faculty of Law and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. xi
Preface to the First Edition	p. xiii
Morality and the Rule of Law
Positivism, Legal Ordering, and Morality	p. 3
Leviathan (1651)	p. 6
"Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals" (1958)	p. 43
The Concept of Law (1961)	p. 68
Whitely v Chapel (1868) LR 4 QB 147	p. 81
The Morality of Law (1969)	p. 83
"Law's Ambitions for Itself" (1985)	p. 105
Law's Empire (1986)	p. 119
"Following the Rules Laid Down: A Critique of Interpretism and Neutral Principles" (1983)	p. 123
Riggs v Palmer (1889)	p. 134
Adjudication	p. 140
Billy Budd, Sailor (1929)	p. 140
"Of Creon and Captain Vere" (1976)	p. 148
Commonwealth v Aves 35 Mass. 193 (1836)	p. 155
Sims's Case 7 Cush. 285 (1851)	p. 158
"Judging the Fugitive Slave Acts" (1991)	p. 167
Kindler v Canada (Minister of Justice) [1991] 2 SCR 779	p. 173
"Natural Law and Legal Reasoning" (1994)	p. 200
Feminist Approaches to the Rule of Law	p. 218
"The Liberal State" (1989)	p. 218
"Foreword [to The Supreme Court 1986 Term]: Justice Engendered" (1987)	p. 231
The Alchemy of Race and Rights (1991)	p. 242
Lavallee v The Queen (1990) 55 CCC (3d) 97	p. 244
Law and Values: Liberty, Democracy, and the Rule of Law	p. 259
On Liberty (1859)	p. 260
"What's Wrong with Negative Liberty" (1985)	p. 280
"The Rule of Law and Its Virtue" (1979)	p. 290
"Morals and the Criminal Law" (1965)	p. 308
"Liberty and Moralism" (1977)	p. 332
"Democracy and the Rule of Law" (1987)	p. 340
Hofer v Hofer (1970) 13 DLR 3d 1	p. 368
"Democracy and the Rule of Law" (1994)	p. 380
Some Contemporary Issues	p. 409
Defining Family	p. 411
Canada (Attorney General) v Mossop [1993] 1 SCR 554	p. 412
Egan v Canada [1995] 2 SCR 513	p. 426
Bowers v Hardwick 478 U.S. (1986)	p. 436
Michael H. v Gerald D. 491 U.S. 110 (1989)	p. 439
"Defining Family in Mossop v DSS: The Challenge of Anti-Essentialism and Interactive Discrimination for Human Rights Litigation" (1994)	p. 446
Vriend v Alberta [1998] 1 SCR 493	p. 477
"Law, Morality, and 'Sexual Orientation'" (1994)	p. 497
Civil Disobedience	p. 520
"Civil Disobedience" (1971)	p. 521
"Civil Disobedience" (1979)	p. 542
The Limits of the Legal Order	p. 561
"Speech from the Dock" (1962)	p. 561
"Taking the Law into Our Own Hands: Kant on the Right to Revolution" (1997)	p. 569
Reference re Secession of Quebec [1998] 2 SCR 217	p. 605
"Constitutional Theory and the Quebec Secession Reference" (2000)	p. 634
"Frozen Rights in Canada: Constitutional Interpretation and the Trickster" (1998)	p. 672
Indigenous Difference and the Constitution of Canada (2000)	p. 706
Speech, Hate Propaganda, and Pornography	p. 746
"Pornography and the Criminal Law" (1979)	p. 746
"A Theory of Freedom of Expression" (1972)	p. 752
"Talking about Hate Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of American and Canadian Approaches to the Regulation of Hate Speech" (1994)	p. 771
R v Keegstra [1990] 3 SCR 697	p. 793
RAV v City of St Paul 112 S Ct 2538 (1992)	p. 833
American Booksellers v Hudnut 771 F. 2d 323 (7th Cir. 1985)	p. 846
R v Butler [1992] 1 SCR 452	p. 852
Only Words (1993)	p. 876
"Two Concepts of Liberty" (1991)	p. 887
Bad Attitude/s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism, and the Butler Decision (1997)	p. 897
Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada (Minister of Justice) 2000 SCC 69	p. 942
Abortion	p. 952
"A Defence of Abortion" (1971)	p. 952
"The Rights and Wrongs of Abortion: A Reply to Judith Jarvis Thomson" (1973)	p. 970
Morgentaler, Smolling and Scott v The Queen [1988] 1 SCR 30	p. 998
"The Morgentaler Judgment: Constitutional Rights, Legislative Intention, and Institutional Design" (1992)	p. 1017
Winnipeg Child and Family Services (Northwest Area) v D.F.G. [1997] 3 SCR	p. 1028
Appendixes	p. 1039
The Canada Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms	p. 1039
An Overview of the Canadian Legal System: Division of Powers and Essentials of Procedure	p. 1047
Glossary of Legal and Philosophical Terms	p. 1052
Sources and Credits	p. 1057
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