The Legacy of H.L.A. Hart - Legal, Political and Moral Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Kramer is Professor of Legal & Political Philosophy, University of Cambridge; Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge; and Director of Cambridge Forum for Legal & Political Philosophy Claire Grant is Reader in Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Warwick Ben Colburn is University Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Cambridge Antony Hatzistavrouis Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Hull Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung This book brings together contributions from seventeen of the world's foremost legal and political philosophers to examine the lasting influence of H.L.A. Hart. The essays explore the major subjects of Hart's work: general jurisprudence, criminal responsibility, rights, justice, causation and the foundations of liberalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: General Legal Philosophy 1: John Finnis: On Hart's Ways: Law as Reason and as Fact 2: David Lyons: The Legal Entrenchment of Illegality 3: Sir Neil MacCormick: Jurisprudence after Hart 4: Gerald Postema: The Social Foundations of Sovereignty 5: Jeremy Waldron: Hart and the Rule of Law 6: W.J. Waluchow: Legality, Morality, and the Guidance Function of Law Part II: Criminal Responsibility and Punishment 7: Antony Duff: Responsibility and Liability 8: John Gardner: Hart on Responsibility Part III: Causation in the Law 9: Judith Jarvis Thomson: Some Reflections on Causation in the Law 10: Richard Wright: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream: Causation and Responsibility Part IV: Theories of Justice 11: Brad Hooker: Justice, Fairness, and Hart 12: Philip Pettit: Liberty and Liberties Part V: Theories of Rights 13: CÃ(c)cile Fabre: Rights and Non-existence 14: Hillel Steiner: Are There Still Any Natural Rights? 15: Leif Wenar: The Nature of the Claim Part VI: Toleration and Liberty 16: Leslie Green: Tolerance and Understanding 17: Susan Mendus: Private Faces in Public Places 18: Alan Ryan: Liberty, Privacy, and Cruelty ...

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• Authors: Matthew Kramer, Matthew (EDT)/ Grant Kramer
• Assisted by: Ben Colburn (Editor), Ben (University Lecturer in Philosophy Colburn (Editor), Colburn Ben (Editor), Claire Grant (Editor), Claire (Reader in Social and Political Philosophy Grant (Editor), Grant Claire (Editor), Antony Hatzistavrou (Editor), Antony (Lecturer in Philosophy Hatzistavrou (Editor), Hatzistavrou Antony (Editor), Matthew Kramer (Editor), Matthew (Professor of Legal & Political Philosophy Kramer (Editor), Matthew H. Kramer (Editor), Kramer Matthew (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2008
• EAN: 9780199542895
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954289-5
• No. of pages: 353
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law