Philosophy of Law

by Feinberg, Joel; Coleman, Jules

• ISBN13: 9780534584689
• ISBN10: 0534584683
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-23
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Part I: LAW. 1. Natural Law Theory. Brian Bix: Natural Law Theory. Susan Dimock: The Natural Law Theory of St. Thomas Aquinas. Lon L. Fuller: Eight Ways to Fail to Make Laws. 2. Positivism and Its Critics. John Austin: A Positivist Conception of Law. H.L.A. Hart: Law at the Union of Primary and Secondary Laws. H.L.A. Hart: Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals. Lon L. Fuller: Positivism and Fidelity to Law--A Reply to Professor Hart. Ronald Dworkin: The Model of Rules. Riggs v. Palmer. *Jules Coleman and Brian Leiter: Legal Positivism. 3. Law From the Perspective of the Judge. Oliver Wendell Holmes: The Path of the Law. Jerome Frank: Legal Realism. Ronald Dworkin: Integrity in Law. Lon L. Fuller: The Case of the Speluncean Explorers. Joel Feinberg: The Dilemmas of Judges Who Must Interpret "Immoral Laws". John Hart Ely: Discovering Fundamental Values. David Lyons: Constitutional Interpretation and Original Meaning. Robert H. Bork: The Right of Privacy: The Construction of a Constitutional Time-Bomb. *Antonin Scalia: Common Law Courts in a Civil-Law System: The Role of the United States Federal Courts in Interpreting the Constitution and Laws. *Ronald Dworkin: Comment (On Scalia). 4. The Moral Obligation to Obey the Law. Plato, Crito/ Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter from Birmingham Jail. *M.B.E. Smith: Is There a Prima Facie Obligation to Obey the Law? *Scott Shapiro: Authority. Part II: JUSTICE. 5. Liberty. John Stuart Mill: The Liberal Argument. *Joel Feinberg: Offensive Nuisances. Gerald Dworkin: Paternalism. 6. Rights. *Joel Feinberg: The Nature and Value of Rights. *F.M. Kamm: Conflicts of Rights. *Jules Coleman and Jody Kraus: Rethinking the Theory of Legal Rights. 7. Justice in the Administration of Law. The Machinery of Justice. John H. Langbein: Torture and Plea Bargaining. Gerald Dworkin: The Serpent Beguiled Me and I Did Eat: Entrapment and the Creation of Crime. 8. Constitutional Privacy. Griswold v. Connecticut. Roe v. Wade. Planned Parenthood of SE Pennsylvania v. Casey. Bowers v. Hardwick. 9. Freedom of Expression and Its Limits. Joel Feinberg: Limits to the Free Expression of Opinion. Cohen v. California. Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party of America. Texas v. Johnson. *Henry Louis Gates: War of Words: Critical Race Theory and the First Amendment. 10. Justice, Affirmative Action and Racial Quotas. Thomas Nagel: Equal Treatment and Compensatory Discrimination. Thomas E. Hill, Jr.: The Message of Affirmative Action. California Constitution, Article I sec. 31. 11. Inequality and Gender. Kim Lane Scheppele: The Reasonable Woman. Leslie Green: Sexuality, Authenticity and Modernity. State v. Rusk. Regina v. Morgan. State v. Kelly. Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County. 12. Justice and Contract. Anthony T. Kronman: Contract Law and Distributive Justice. *Seana Shiffrin: Paternalism, Unconscionability Doctrine, and Accommodation. 13. Torts. Jules Coleman and Arthur Ripstein: Mischief and Misfortune. Stephen R. Perry: Loss, Agency, and Responsibility for Outcomes: Three Conceptions of Corrective Justice. 14. Property. *Jeremy Waldron: Property Law. *Robert Merges: Property Rights Theory and the Commons: The Case of Scientific Research. Moore v. Regents. Part III: RESPONSIBILITY AND PUNISHMENT. 15. Ascribing Responsibility. Stephen Perry: The Impossibility of General Strict Liability. H.L.A. Hart and A.M. Honore: Causation and Responsibility. Judith Jarvis Thomson: The Decline of Cause. *David Lewis: The Punishment that Leaves Something to Chance. *John Gardner: Obligations and Outcomes in the Law of Torts. Palsgraf v. The Long Island Railroad Co. Summers v. Tice. Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories. Thomas Babington Macalay: Notes on the Indian Penal Code. Ernest J. Weinrib: The Case for a Duty to Rescue. 16. Defeating Responsibility. *John Martin Fischer and Mark Ravizza: Responsibility for Consequences. People v. Young. Sanford S. Kadish and Stephen J. Schulhofer: The Case of Lady Eldon''s French

Table of Contents

PREFACE	ix
PART ONE: THE NATURE OF LAW	1	(257)
The Natural Law Tradition	8	(16)
Brian Bix, "Natural Law Theory"	8	(12)
Lon L. Fuller, "Eight Ways to Fail to Make Law"	20	(4)
Positivism and Its Critics	24	(95)
John Austin, "A Positivist Conception of Law"	24	(12)
H.L.A. Hart, "A More Recent Positivist Conception of Law"	36	(14)
H.L.A. Hart, "Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals"	50	(17)
Lon L. Fuller, "Positivism and Fidelity to Law A Reply to Professor Hart"	67	(15)
Ronald M. Dworkin, "The Model of Rules"	82	(18)
Riggs v. Palmer	100	(5)
Jules L. Coleman and Brian Leiter, "Legal Positivism"	105	(14)
Law From the Perspective of the fudge	119	(85)
O.W. Holmes, Jr., "The Path of the Law"	119	(6)
Jerome Frank, "Legal Realism"	125	(2)
Ronald Dworkin, "Integrity in Law"	127	(15)
Lon L. Fuller, "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers"	142	(15)
John Hart Ely, "Discovering Fundamental Values"	157	(15)
David Lyons, "Constitutional Interpretation and Original Meaning"	172	(15)
Antonin Scalia, "Common-Law Courts in a Civil-Law System: The Role of United States Federal Courts in Interpreting the Constitution and Laws"	187	(9)
Ronald Dworkin, "Comment"	196	(8)
The Moral Obligation to Obey the Law	204	(54)
Plato, Crito	204	(9)
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail"	213	(8)
M.B.E. Smith, "Is There a Prima Facie Obligation to Obey the Law?"	221	(15)
Scott J. Shapiro, "Authority"	236	(22)
PART TWO: JUSTICE	258	(344)
Liberty	267	(37)
John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"	267	(11)
Joel Feinberg, "Offensive Nuisances"	278	(15)
Gerald Dworkin, "Paternalism"	293	(11)
Rights	304	(29)
Joel Feinberg, "The Nature and Value of Rights"	304	(9)
F.M. Kamm, "Conflicts of Rights"	313	(10)
Jules L. Coleman and Jody Kraus, "Rethinking the Theory of Legal Rights"	323	(10)
Justice in the Administration of the Law	333	(269)
The Machinery of Justice	333	(21)
John H. Langbein, "Torture and Plea Bargaining"	333	(10)
Gerald Dworkin, "The Serpent Beguiled Me and I Did Eat: Entrapment and the Creation of Crime"	343	(11)
Constitutional Privacy	354	(25)
Griswold v. Connecticut	354	(5)
Roe v. Wade	359	(5)
Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey	364	(4)
Bowers v. Hardwick	368	(11)
Freedom of Expression and Its Limits	379	(54)
Joel Feinberg, "Limits to the Free Expression of Opinion"	379	(16)
Cohen v. California	395	(4)
Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party of America	399	(4)
Texas v. Johnson	403	(9)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "War of Words: Critical Race Theory and the First Amendment"	412	(21)
Justice, Affirmative Action, and Racial Quotas	433	(23)
Thomas Nagel, "Equal Treatment and Compensatory Discrimination"	433	(7)
Thomas E. Hill, Jr., "The Message of Affirmative Action"	440	(14)
California Constitution, Article I Declaration of Rights	454	(2)
Inequality and Gender	456	(34)
Kim Lane Scheppele, "The Reasonable Woman"	456	(5)
State v. Rusk	461	(3)
Regina v. Morgan	464	(3)
State v. Kelly	467	(4)
Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County	471	(8)
Leslie Green, "Sexuality, Authenticity, and Modernity"	479	(11)
Justice and Contract	490	(36)
Anthony T. Kronman, "Contract Law and Distributive Justice"	490	(18)
Seana Valentine Shiffrin, "Paternalism, Unconscionability Doctrine, and Accommodation"	508	(18)
Torts	526	(34)
Jules Coleman and Arthur Ripstein, "Mischief and Misfortune: Annual McGi Lecture in Jurisprudence and Public Policy"	526	(20)
Stephen R. Perry, "Loss, Agency, and Responsibility for Outcomes: Three Conceptions of Corrective Justice"	546	(14)
Property	560	(52)
Jeremy Waldron, "Property Law"	560	(14)
Robert P. Merges, "Property Rights Theory and the Commons: The Case of Scientific Research"	574	(14)
Moore v. Regents of the University of California	588	(14)
PART THREE: RESPONSIBILITY AND PUNISHMENT	602
Ascribing Responsibility	612	(112)
Stephen R. Perry, "The Impossibility of General Strict Liability"	612	(18)
H.L.A. Hart and A.M. Honoré, "Causation and Responsibility"	630	(12)
Judith Jarvis Thomson, "The Decline of Cause"	642	(8)
David Lewis, "The Punishment That Leaves Something to Chance"	650	(8)
John Gardner, "Obligations and Outcomes in the Law of Torts"	658	(18)
Palsgraf v. The Long Island Railroad Co.	676	(6)
Summers v. Tice	682	(4)
Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories	686	(14)
Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Notes on the Indian Penal Code"	700	(2)
Ernest J. Weinrib, "The Case for a Duty to Rescue"	702	(22)
Defeating Responsibility	724	(37)
John Martin Fischer and Mark Ravizza, "Responsibility for Consequences"	724	(15)
People v. Young	739	(2)
Sanford H. Kadish and Stephen J. Schulhofer, "The Case of Lady Eldon's French Lace"	741	(5)
The M'Naghten Rules, The House of Lords	746	(1)
The Insanity Defense, The American Law Institute	747	(3)
State v. Guido	750	(1)
Joel Feinberg, "What Is So Special About Mental Illness?"	751	(10)
Punishment	761	(93)
Joel Feinberg, "The Expressive Function of Punishment"	761	(10)
Toni M. Massaro, "Shame, Culture, and American Criminal Law"	771	(28)
Joel Feinberg, "The Classic Debate"	799	(5)
C.L. Ten, "Fantastic Counterexamples and the Utilitarian Theory"	804	(15)
Herbert Morris, "Persons and Punishment"	819	(12)
Russ Shafer-Landau, "The Failure of Retributivism"	831	(11)
Jeffrie G. Murphy, "Getting Even: The Role of the Victim"	842	(12)
The Death Penalty	854
Furman v. Georgia	854	(9)
Woodson v. North Carolina	863	(10)
Ernest van den Haag, "In Defense of the Death Penalty: A Practical and Moral Analysis"	873	(6)
Stephen Nathanson, "Should We Execute Those Who Deserve to Die?"	879	(9)
James S. Liebman, Jeffrey Fagan, Valerie West, and Jonathan Lloyd, "Capital Attrition: Error Rates in Capital Cases, 1973-1995"	888