Equality, Responsibility, and the Law by Arthur Ripstein

Equality, Responsibility, and the Law by Arthur Ripstein

This book examines responsibility and luck as these issues arise in tort law, criminal law, and distributive justice. The central question is: whose bad luck is a particular piece of misfortune? Arthur Ripstein argues that there is a general set of principles to be found that clarifies responsibility in those cases where luck is most obviously an issue: accidents, mistakes, emergencies, and failed attempts at crime. In revealing how the problems that arise in tort and criminal law as well as distributive justice invite structurally parallel solutions, the author also shows the deep connection between individual responsibility and social equality. This is a challenging and provocative book that will be of special interest to moral and political philosophers, legal theorists, and political scientists.

'Sketching the raw materials of Ripstein's argument cannot do justice to the detail and thoroughness of his treatment of tort and criminal law doctrineHe seeks to demonstrate the various ways in which doctrine incorporates and responds to the related notions of fair terms of interaction and the unreasonable imposition of risk. This close engagement with doctrine sets the book apart from much philosophical work in this area and illustrates the value of work that is both legally and philosophically agreed. Only the most intellectually incurious could read it without profit.' The Modern Law Review

Arthur Ripstein, Professor of Law and Philosophy and University Professor, the University of Toronto, Saira Mohamed, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

Arthur Ripstein is Professor of Law and Philosophy and University Professor at the University of Toronto, where he has taught since 1987. He teaches and writes about legal and political philosophy and torts. Ripstein has been at the forefront of renewed interest in Immanuel Kant's legal and political philosophy. He is the author of Private Wrongs (Harvard 2016), Force and Freedom: Kant's Legal and Political Philosophy (Harvard 2009) and Equality, Responsibility and the Law (Cambridge 1999). His next book, Kant and the Law of War, is forthcoming from Oxford University Press in 2021. From 2016 to 2018 he held a Killam Fellowship from the Canada Council. In 2021, he was awarded the prestigious Killam Prize for the Humanities.

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ISBN 13	9780521584524
ISBN 10	0521584523
Title	Equality, Responsibility, and the Law
Author	Arthur Ripstein
Series	Cambridge Studies In Philosophy And Law
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1998-10-28
Number of pages	320
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