Law, Morality and Rights - Softcover

Stewart James, M A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9401720509 ISBN 13: 9789401720502

Publisher: Springer, 2014

Synopsis

Working Conceptions of "The Law".- Rules and Reason.- The Rôle of the Judge.- Concluding Comments.- Justification as Coherence.- Precedent, Discretion and Fairness.- Rights and Claims.- Rights, Claims and Remedies.- Rights and Justified Claims.- Concluding Comments.- The Tendency to Deprave and Corrupt.- Obscenity and the Law.- Obscenity and the Law in Practice.- Concluding Comments.- Justifications of Reverse Discrimination.- Is Reverse Discrimination Fair?.- Reverse Discrimination.- Concluding Comments.- Duress per Minas as a Defence to Crime: I.- Duress per Minas as a Defence to Crime: II.- Duress per Minas as a Defence to Crime: III.- Duress and Necessity as Defences to Crime: A Postcript.- Cruel and Unusual Punishments.- Retributivism and the Death Sentence.- Punishment and Respect for Persons.- Concluding Comments.- Indexes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9401720509
• ISBN 13: 9789401720502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 468