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Inclusive Legal Positivism

Inclusive Legal Positivism


W. J. Waluchow



Review "Anyone wishing to see a well-argued defense of a legal theory that attempts to take legal phenomena at fact value...
Should Trees Have Standing?: Law, Morality, and the Environment

Should Trees Have Standing?: Law, Morality, and the Environment


Christopher D. Stone



Review "Christopher Stone's book reflects a truly original contribution to the environmental law movement. Stone's unique...
Quo Vadis Medical Healing: Past Concepts and New Approaches (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 44)

Quo Vadis Medical Healing: Past Concepts and New Approaches (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 44)


S. Elm, Stefan N. Willich



Review From the reviews: "The book aims to pique interest in the concept of medical healing, and shed light on how a dive...
Practical Reason and Norms

Practical Reason and Norms


Joseph Raz



Review `Any serious reader should recognize the volume's rigor, sophistication, subtlety, and admirable ambitious sweep. ...
Ethics, Law and Society - Volume 4

Ethics, Law and Society - Volume 4


Soren Holm, Ian Kenway, Jennifer Gunning



About the Author Dr Jennifer Gunning is Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and ...
Torture: When the Unthinkable Is Morally Permissible

Torture: When the Unthinkable Is Morally Permissible


Mirko Bagaric, Julie Clarke



From the Back Cover The "war on terror" has brought the subject of torture to the forefront of public attention. In con...
Justice, Equality and Constructivism: Essays on G. A. Cohen's Rescuing Justice and Equality (Ratio Special Issues)

Justice, Equality and Constructivism: Essays on G. A. Cohen's Rescuing Justice and Equality (Ratio Special Issues)


Brian Feltham



From the Back Cover G.A. Cohen has made a major contribution to contemporary political theory as an egalitarian and a cri...
Legislating Morality: Pluralism and Religious Identity in Lawmaking

Legislating Morality: Pluralism and Religious Identity in Lawmaking


Lucinda Peach



Review "Recommended for general readers, undergraduates, and graduate students."--CHOICE About the Author Lucin...
Human Rights in a Post Human World: Critical Essays

Human Rights in a Post Human World: Critical Essays


Upendra Baxi



About the Author Upendra Baxi is an internationally renowned scholar of constitutional law. He is Professor at the Unive...
Moral Vision and Professional Decisions: The Changing Values of Women and Men Lawyers

Moral Vision and Professional Decisions: The Changing Values of Women and Men Lawyers


Dana Crowley Jack, Rand Jack



From Publishers Weekly To research this incisive study of "lawyers' moral values and psychological development" in light ...
The Justice Broker: Lawyers and Ordinary Litigation

The Justice Broker: Lawyers and Ordinary Litigation


Herbert M. Kritzer



Review "A model of competent social-scientific inquiry into a complex social phenomenon. It is dispassionate, thorough, a...
Moral Dilemmas of Modern War: Torture, Assassination, and Blackmail in an Age of Asymmetric Conflict

Moral Dilemmas of Modern War: Torture, Assassination, and Blackmail in an Age of Asymmetric Conflict


Michael L. Gross



Review "Michael Gross has written a thoughtful, lucid book about the dilemma of 'asymmetric conflict,' as when a nation c...
Pragmatic Neuroethics: Improving Treatment and Understanding of the Mind-Brain (Basic Bioethics)

Pragmatic Neuroethics: Improving Treatment and Understanding of the Mind-Brain (Basic Bioethics)


Eric Racine



Review Today the measurable health burden of neurological and mental health disorders matches or even surp...
Equality, Responsibility, and the Law (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law)

Equality, Responsibility, and the Law (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law)


Arthur Ripstein



Review "Yields a wealth of insights..." Dialogue "This is an excellent and challenging book that makes a significant co...
Ethics in the Public Domain: Essays in the Morality of Law and Politics

Ethics in the Public Domain: Essays in the Morality of Law and Politics


Joseph Raz



Review "The arguments throughout both sections are carefully and reasonably developed and invariably shed significant lig...
The Importance of Being Honest: How Lying, Secrecy, and Hypocrisy Collide with Truth in Law

The Importance of Being Honest: How Lying, Secrecy, and Hypocrisy Collide with Truth in Law


Steven Lubet



From Publishers Weekly Lubet, a law professor at Northwestern (Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons That Lawyers Can Learn from Car...
Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law

Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law


Martha C. Nussbaum



From Publishers Weekly Often, contentious social issues like gay marriage, pornography and stem cell research are framed ...
Making Medical Decisions for the Profoundly Mentally Disabled (Basic Bioethics)

Making Medical Decisions for the Profoundly Mentally Disabled (Basic Bioethics)


Norman L. Cantor



Review "Autonomy rules American bioethics, but as Norman Cantor demonstrates in this wonderfully lucid and...
Terms of Trust: Arguments over Ethics in Australian Governments

Terms of Trust: Arguments over Ethics in Australian Governments


John Uhr



About the Author Now a senior academic at the Australian National University, author John Uhr has worked as a parliamenta...
Drugs and Justice: Seeking a Consistent, Coherent, Comprehensive View

Drugs and Justice: Seeking a Consistent, Coherent, Comprehensive View


Arthur G. Lipman, Douglas E. Rollins, Erik Luna, Jeanette C. Roberts, Margaret P. Battin, Paul M. Gahlinger, Troy L. Booher



Review "The monograph is cohesive, well written, and unbiased; the extensive references and bibliography should be most v...
Drugs and Justice: Seeking a Consistent, Coherent, Comprehensive Views

Drugs and Justice: Seeking a Consistent, Coherent, Comprehensive Views


Arthur G. Lipman, Douglas E. Rollins, Erik Luna, Margaret Pabst Battin, Paul M. Gahlinger



Review "The monograph is cohesive, well written, and unbiased; the extensive references and bibliography should be most v...
Essential Professional Conduct: Accountancy for Lawyers (Essential Professional Conduct)

Essential Professional Conduct: Accountancy for Lawyers (Essential Professional Conduct)


David Barker, Bronwyn Olliffe, Brownwyn Olliffe



About the Author Bronwyn Olliffe, BA, LLB, LLM, is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Technology, Sydney ...
Patent Ethics Litigation

Patent Ethics Litigation


David Hricik



Review "David Hricik is the authority that the intellectual property community relies on for answers to ethics issues in ...
100 Cases in Clinical Ethics and Law

100 Cases in Clinical Ethics and Law


Carolyn Johnston, Penelope Bradbury



Review "This is a basic introduction to the field of medical ethics from the clinical perspective and is particularly wel...