Legal philosophy. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen Riley.
• Other Names: Riley, Stephen
• Contents: Introduction Chapter 1 Justice 1 Ends a. Judgment b. Desert c. Truth 2 Means a. Adjudication b. Impartiality c. Equality 3 Individuals a. The individual's good b. Rights c. Status 4 Collectives a. The common good b. The rule of law c. Authority 5 Philosophy and justice a. Meta-theory b. Scepticism c. Pragmatism Questions Concepts and methods § Theorising Further reading Chapter 2 Person 1 Facts and values a. Humans and persons b. Science and facts c. Humanity and human nature 2 Aristotle a. The human species b. Political animals c. The situated person 3 Humanism a. Humanity and persons b. Liberty c. Fraternity and equality 4 Feminism a. The second sex b. Nature as ideology c. Identity politics 5 Freedom a. Freedom as liberty b. Freedom as rationality c. Freedom as autonomy Questions Concepts and methods § Ideas and ideology Further reading Chapter 3 Good 1 The good a. The human good b. A good life and justice c. Happiness and harmony 2 Plato a. The good and the individual b. The good and the state c. Contemporary Platonism 3 Natural law a. Early natural law b. Natural law and religion c. Modern natural law 4 Utilitarianism a. Hedonism b. Utilitarianism c. Variants of utilitarianism 5 Place and property a. Property b. Environment c. Capability Questions Concepts and methods § Values Further reading Chapter 4 Right 1 Right a. Right and truth b. Right answers c. Right as justice 2 Right as correspondence a. Kant: right as duty b. Hegel: right made social c. Marx: right made material 3 Right as coherence a. Hobbes: right as contract b. Mill: right as liberty c. Rawls: right as fairness 4 Rights a. Hohfeld: distinguishing rights b. Dworkin: rights as trumps c. Nozick: rights as constraints 5 Human rights a. From natural rights to human rights b. Particularity versus universality c. Human rights and liberalism Questions Concepts and methods § Logic Further reading Chapter 5 Rule 1 Rules a. Rules as commands b. Forms and functions of rules c. Formalism and anti-formalism 2 Positivism a. Origins of positivism b. Logical posit.
• Publisher Details: Harlow : Pearson
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages)
• Subjects: 340.1; Law -- Philosophy; Law -- Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781408277348; 1408277344; 9781299317697; 1299317693; 9781408278888
• Related ISBNs: 140827888X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.