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Oxford studies in philosophy of law. Volume 1 / edited by Leslie Green, Brian Leiter.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford studies in philosophy of law ; v.1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Philosophy.
- Law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([vii], 320 pages).
- Other Title:
- Oxford studies in philosophy of law. Volume I
- Studies in philosophy of law
- Philosophy of law
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The essays in this annual forum for new philosophical work on law range widely over general jurisprudence (the nature of law adjudication, and legal reasoning), philosophical foundations of specific areas of law (from criminal to international law), and other philosophical topics relating to legal theory.
- Contents:
- Reason-giving and the law / David Enoch
- The standard picture and its discontents / Mark Greenberg
- Legal judgments as plural acceptance of norms / Kevin Toh
- Rule-scepticism restated / Riccardo Guastini
- Can there be a written constitution? / John Gardner
- The rules of trial, political morality and the costs of error: or, Is proof beyond a reasonable doubt doing more harm than good? / Larry Laudan
- Self-defense : the imminence requirement / Marcia Baron
- Criminal law, philosophy, and psychology : working at the cross-roads / Thomas A. Nadelhoffer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
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