Liability and Responsibility - Essays in Law and Morals

Klappentext This thought-provoking volume will help to shed light on the underexplored ground that lies between law and morals. Zusammenfassung This collection not only presents some of the most challenging work in legal philosophy! but it also demonstrates the interdisciplinary character of the field of philosophy of law! with contributors taking into account developments in economics! political science and rational choice theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of contributors; Introduction R. G. Frey and Christopher W. Morris; Part I. Responsibility: Some Conceptual Problems: 1. Can responsibility be diminished? Anthony Kenny; 2. Intention and side-effects John Finnis; 3. Attempting the impossible Alan R. White; Part II. Consent, Choice and Contracts: 4. Beyond foreseeability: consequential damages in the law of contract Richard A. Epstein; 5. Rights and remedies in a consent theory of contract Randy E. Barnett; 6. A bargaining theory approach to default provisions and disclosure rules in contract law Jules L. Coleman, Douglas D. Heckathorn and Steven M. Maser; Part III. Risk, Compensation and Torts: 7. Theories of compensation Robert E. Goodin; 8. Liberty, community and corrective justice Ernest J. Weinrib; 9. Risk, causation, and harm Glen O. Robinson; Part IV. Punishment: 10. Retributive hatred: an essay on criminal liability and the emotions Jeffrie G. Murphy; 11. A new theory of retribution Jean Hampton; 12. Punishment and self-defense George P. Fletcher.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: R. G. Frey, R. G. Morris Frey
• Mitarbeit: R. G. Frey (Herausgeber), Christopher W. Morris (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521088664
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08866-4
• Seiten: 444
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Allgemeines, Lexika