Objectivity in Law and Morals by Brian Leiter
The seven original essays included in this volume from 2000, written by some of the world's most distinguished moral and legal philosophers, offer a sophisticated perspective on issues about the objectivity of legal interpretation and judicial decision-making. They examine objectivity from both metaphysical and epistemological perspectives and develop a variety of approaches, constructive and critical, to the fundamental problems of objectivity in morality. One of the key issues explored is that of the alleged 'domain-specificity' of conceptions of objectivity, i.e. whether there is a conception of objectivity appropriate for ethics that is different in kind from the conception of objectivity appropriate for other areas of study. This volume considers the intersection between objectivity in ethics and objectivity in law. It presents a survey of live issues in metaethics, and examines their relevance to theorizing about law and adjudication.-
Natural Law in Jurisprudence and Politics
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Permissible Killing
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Risks and Wrongs
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Punishment, Compensation, and Law
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Constitutionalism
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The Jurisprudential Foundations of Corporate and Commercial Law
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Consent to Sexual Relations
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A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review
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Norms in a Wired World
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In Harm's Way
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Judging in Good Faith
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The Path of the Law and its Influence
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Truth, Error, and Criminal Law
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Three Anarchical Fallacies
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Common Law Theory
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Natural Law and Practical Rationality
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Justification Defenses and Just Convictions
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Moral Combat
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Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence
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Philosophy and the Criminal Law
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Automatism, Insanity, and the Psychology of Criminal Responsibility
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Liability and Responsibility
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The Moral Conditions of Economic Efficiency
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Philosophy and the Law of Torts
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The Ethics of Deference
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New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property
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Equality, Responsibility, and the Law
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Complicity
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Responsibility and Control
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Beyond Comparison
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Crimes against Humanity
'The contributors to this collection are diverse and of high quality all of the contributions discuss topics that are important and difficult, and do so at a very high level of clarity and sophisticationI would strongly recommend Objectivity in Law and Morals to anyone who is working in legal and moral philosophy.' Modern Law Review
Karl N. Leiter is Brian Leiter. He lectures and writes about moral, political, and legal philosophy in both the English and Continental European traditions at the University of Chicago, where he is the Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521554305 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521554306 |
| Title | Objectivity in Law and Morals |
| Author | Brian Leiter |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Philosophy And Law |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2000-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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