Philosophers and law Aristotle and modern law

Type
Book
DDC
340 
Category
Comparative Study  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2003 
Volume
Pages
xxxi, 689 pages 
Subject
Comparative study 
Series Name
Abstract
"What dies philosophy have to do with law? Or law with philosophy? Isn't philosophy a theoretical enterprise ,concerned with what we can know? And isn't law a practical enterprise concerned with what we do our ought to do? we often associate philosophy with the quest for truth and law with the quest for justice. These contracts come into sharper focus when we consider the striking differences between the virtues of philosophers and lawyers..." - Introduction 
Description
Contents:
Introduction / Richard O. Brooks and James Bernard Murphy -- 1. Politeia and Adjudication in Fourth-Century B.C. Athens / Dennis Peter Maio -- 2. Aristotle on Law / Donald N. Schroeder -- 3. The Application of Universal Laws to Particular Cases: A Defense of Equity in Aristotelianism and Anglo-American Law / Eric G. Zahnd -- 4. Equality in Exchange / James Gordley -- 5. The Dead End of Deterrence, and Beyond / Kyron Huigens -- 6. Intentionality, Voluntariness, and Culpability: A Historical-Philosophical Analysis / L.A. Zaibert -- 7. Aristotle's Theory of Political Rights / Fred D. Miller, Jr. -- 8. Sharing in the Constitution / Malcolm Schofield -- 9. Aristotle's Conception of Freedom / Roderick T. Long -- 10. Capabilities and Human Rights / Martha C. Nussbaum -- 11. Corrective Justice / Ernest J. Weinrib -- 12. Aristotle on Political Justice / Steven J. Heyman -- 13. Aristotle's Ethics and the Virtuous Lawyer: Part One of a Study on Legal Ethics and Clinical Legal Education / Lorie M. Graham -- 14. Living in the Law / Anthony T. Kronman -- 15. Ethos, Pathos & Legal Audience / Michael Frost -- 16. Taking Aristotle Seriously: Republican-Oriented Legal Theory and the Moral Foundation of Deliberative Democracy / Miriam Galston. 
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