Law, Morality and Rights
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1983, 1983
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1983 |
| Series: | Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Working Conceptions of “The Law”
- Rules and Reason
- The Rôle of the Judge
- Concluding Comments
- Justification as Coherence
- Precedent, Discretion and Fairness
- Rights and Claims
- Rights, Claims and Remedies
- Rights and Justified Claims
- Concluding Comments
- The Tendency to Deprave and Corrupt
- Obscenity and the Law
- Obscenity and the Law in Practice
- Concluding Comments
- Justifications of Reverse Discrimination
- Is Reverse Discrimination Fair?
- Reverse Discrimination
- Concluding Comments
- Duress per Minas as a Defence to Crime: I
- Duress per Minas as a Defence to Crime: II
- Duress per Minas as a Defence to Crime: III
- Duress and Necessity as Defences to Crime: A Postcript
- Cruel and Unusual Punishments
- Retributivism and the Death Sentence
- Punishment and Respect for Persons
- Concluding Comments
- Indexes